Azerbaijan

In 2012, the CRC recommended that Azerbaijan undertake all necessary measures to ensure the availability of universal birth registration for all children regardless of the circumstance of birth, and/or the marital and/or migration status of the child’s parent(s). According to a 2021 NGO report to the CRC, in Azerbaijan many children conceived by illegal child marriages are registered as extramarital or ‘illegitimate’. There is significant social stigma in Azerbaijan to having a child outside of wedlock. ‘Illegitimate’ children and their mothers can face significant ridicule and harsh treatment.