A/HRC/16/53/Add.1 D. Intersection of freedom of religion or belief with other human rights 1. Freedom of expression including questions related to religious conflicts, religious intolerance and extremism. 2. Right to life, right to liberty. 3. Prohibition on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. E. Cross-cutting issues 1. Derogation. 2. Limitation. 3. Legislative issues. 4. Defenders of freedom of religion or belief and non-governmental organizations. 2. The Special Rapporteur has developed this framework for communications into an online digest, which illustrates the international standards with pertinent excerpts of the mandate holders’ findings since 1986 according to the categories of the framework for communications. The online digest is available on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.1 3. Owing to restrictions on the length of documents, the Special Rapporteur has been obliged to summarize in this report the communications sent and received. As a result, replies from Governments could not be published in their entirety. The names of alleged victims are reflected in this report, although exceptions may be made in relation to children and other victims of human rights violations to whom publication would be problematic or raise security concerns. II. Summary of cases transmitted and replies received A. Azerbaijan 1. Communication sent on 20 November 2009 as a follow-up to the Special Rapporteur’s country visit to Azerbaijan in February/March 2006 4. In a follow-up letter of 20 November 2009, the Special Rapporteur transmitted a table containing the conclusions and recommendations in the mission report on Azerbaijan (A/HRC/4/21/Add.2) as well as information from relevant United Nations documents, including from the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review, Special Procedures and Treaty Bodies. The Special Rapporteur asked the Government to provide updated information on the consideration given to these recommendations, the steps taken to implement them, and any constraints which may prevent their implementation. 5. The Special Rapporteur is grateful that the Government of Azerbaijan replied by letter of 5 April 2010. The follow-up table, including any information provided by the Government, is available online on the Special Rapporteur’s website (www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/religion/visits.htm). 1 4 www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/religion/standards.htm.

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