Azerbaijan: Human rights concerns over EIB loan to TANAP and TAP

Dr. Werner Hoyer President European Investment Bank Luxembourg Azerbaijan: Human rights concerns over EIB loan to TANAP and TAP   Dear President Hoyer, We are writing to urge the European Investment Bank (EIB) to take into account the Azerbaijan government’s sustained and vicious crackdown against the country’s civil society, and link the bank’s further investment in Azerbaijan to concrete rights improvements, in compliance with the principles of EU External Action as set out in Article 21 of the EU treaty, and to ensure the EIB respects its obligations under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.…

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