Explanation is a key to implementation" - Children's Rights in Azerbaijan: "Child Ambassadors Council

Master thesis aims to glimpse to the implementation of children’s rights in Azerbaijan within the frames of newly launched institution “Child Ambassadors Council”. The elements of children’s participation right have been presented and shown. Moreover, the world is progressing and digitalizing. The utilization of high techs in the process of promotion and implementation of children’s rights is also described. In many states children’s rights policy is being progressed. A lot of international and national frameworks, as well as organizations try to ease the governments’ child policies by launching several aid programs. Aim of the master thesis is to examine the government’s implementation on children’s rights. The launched institution “Child Ambassadors Council” is new and innovative strategy in implementation of children’s right in Azerbaijan. Further, the master thesis can also be informative for viewing the child policy in neighbouring states such as Russia and Turkey. Azerbaijan’s child policy is being regulated by the help of CRC and National Law on Children’s Rights. Government is interested in to invest on child policy and detect the child abuse. To progress the child policy, specific programs are needed. For instance, Child Parliaments and Child Ambassador Councils. Interviews and diaries are used for the investigation of launched institution. Interviews are concluded with authorities, and child ambassadors were asked to join to both: interviews and diaries method. The view towards children’s liberties and transitions as citizens is being progressed not only in Global North, but also in Global South. Azerbaijan is the country contrasts. The country has gone through military hardening period. Civil war, 1st and 2nd Karabakh Wars affected the human policy of the country. However, state regulates the implementation of human policy. Further discussions on implementation of child policy, the Azerbaijani model of protection and provision of children’s rights is discussed in the master thesis. As a result, the understandings of CRC and National Law have been examined. The objectives of launched institution, expectations of and from both child ambassadors and state committee were clarified. The role of committee as a bridge was described in the master thesis