A/HRC/4/21/Add.2 page 5 10. Lastly, she would like to thank the United Nations Development Programme in Baku, which assisted in organizing all practical aspects and logistics related to the present visit in a highly professional way. 11. During her visit and in this report, the Special Rapporteur concentrated on the situation of freedom of religion or belief in Azerbaijan in the light of, inter alia, reports about the control exerted by the authorities over religious activities and reports about the persecution of certain religious minorities. I. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS 12. Azerbaijan is a State party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict and the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. 13. Before the visit of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons visited the country in May 1998 and the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture in May 2000. 14. The Special Rapporteur would like to recall that, according to article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching. No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice. Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others. The States parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and, when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions. 15. She would also like to emphasize that, in her analysis of the situation in Azerbaijan, she relies on the terms of the 1981 Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, general comment No. 22 (1993) of the Human Rights Committee on article 18 and other relevant provisions of ICCPR and other international conventions.