NATIONAL STATISTICS

* For the year 2000, the ILO projects that there will be 0 economically active children between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)

* In 1995, there were 0 economically active children between the ages of 10-14. (ILO, International Labour Office - Bureau of Statistics, Economically Active Population 1950-2010, STAT Working Paper, ILO 1997)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* Children between the ages of 14-15 are legally eligible to work with parental consent. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* No law related to forced labour exist. No cases have been reported. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* Azerbaijan is a source and a transit point for trafficked men, women, and children. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)

* Azerbaijanis are trafficked into northern Europe, particularly to the Netherlands and Germany. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)

* Women usually are sent to the UAE or Western Europe, mainly Germany, to participate as workers in the sex industry, for example, in strip clubs, and as prostitutes. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)

* Women from Iran, Russia, and sometimes Iraq, are transported through Baku to the UAE, Europe, and occasionally the United States for prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)

* There has been an increase in trafficking of women. (CATW Fact Book, citing "UN: High maternal mortality rates among issues addressed by experts on Azerbaijan Report", M2 Presswire, 26 January, 1998)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* Women usually are sent to the UAE or Western Europe, mainly Germany, to participate as workers in the sex industry, for example, in strip clubs, and as prostitutes. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)

* Women from Iran, Russia, and sometimes Iraq, are transported through Baku to the UAE, Europe, and occasionally the United States for prostitution. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2000, February 2001)

* Prostitution has risen, due to the refugee influx. (CATW Fact Book, citing Dave Carpenter, "Baku Looks to Prosper From Oil", AP, 12 October, 1997)

GENERAL JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS

* In 1998 there were 642 reported cases of juvenile crime, representing 4.30% of all criminal cases. The specific offences were: 22 cases of murder (5.50% of all murders), 1 case of serious assault (1.60% of all cases), 115 cases of all types of theft (10.30% of all cases), 99 cases of aggravated theft (14.00% of all cases), 5 cases of robbery and violent theft (16.70% of all cases), 45 cases of breaking and entering (19.80% of all cases), 23 cases of other theft (6.00% of all cases), 1 case of fraud (0.60% of all cases), 14 cases of drug offences (0.60% of all cases) (INTERPOL, International Crime Statistics for 1998, citing National Statistics)

GENERAL NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS

* Crime have risen, due to the refugee influx. (CATW Fact Book, citing Dave Carpenter, " Baku Looks to Prosper From Oil ", AP, 12 October, 1997)

RECRUITMENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS

* The Government has stated that the minimum age for service in the armed forces is currently 18 years. (CSUCS, Europe Report, October 1999, citing UN CRC, Consideration of the Report of Azerbaijan, 28 August 1997)

NOTES ON GOVERNMENT FORCES

* There have been reports of the forced recruitment of refugee children from Azerbaijan into the Armenian army despite legal minimum age requirements of 18 for both compulsory and voluntary recruitment. (CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)

* There are no reports of government recruiting under-18s. (CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001)

NOTES ON OPPOSITION GROUPS

* There has also been photographic evidence of the participation of a 14-year-old soldier guarding the land corridor between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh in 1995 but it is not certain that the boy belonged to Karabakhi forces. (CSUCS, Global Report on Child Soldiers - 2001, 12 June 2001 citing Radda Barnen Child War Database quoting IPCS, Armed Conflict Report 1995, Project Ploughshares, Waterloo, Ontario, http://www.rb.se)

SPECIFIC SECTORS

* Begging - Children beg on the streets of Baku and other towns. (US Dept of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 1999, 25 February 2000)