COP29 Host Country Agreement Lacks Rights Protections

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image COP29 banners in Baku, Azerbaijan, September 17, 2024. © 2024 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Photo In a case that is disappointing but not surprising, the agreement between the government of Azerbaijan and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for hosting the climate conference COP29, is replete with significant shortcomings and ambiguities on the protections for participants’ rights. Human Rights Watch has obtained a copy of this host country agreement, signed in August 2024, which has yet to be made public.For instance, the agreement…

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