COUNCIL OF Brussels, 21 May 2013 THE EUROPEAN UNION 9431/13 ADD 1 REV 1 COHOM 82 PESC 505 COSDP 419 FREMP 54 INF 80 JAI 362 RELEX 387 COVER NOTE from: General Secretariat of the Council to: Delegations Subject: EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2012 (Country Reports) Delegations receive in the Annex the report entitled "EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2012 (Country Reports)". ________________________ 9431/13 ADD 1 REV 1 BH/svl 1 DG C EN EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World in 2012 Country reports Table of contents Table of contents ................................................................................................................................ 2 Country and regional issues .............................................................................................................. 6 I Candidate countries and potential candidates ................................................................................ 6 Albania ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina .............................................................................................................. 7 Croatia .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ................................................................................... 8 Iceland .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Kosovo ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Montenegro .................................................................................................................................. 9 Serbia ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Turkey ........................................................................................................................................ 10 II EEA/EFTA countries ................................................................................................................. 11 Iceland ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Norway ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Switzerland................................................................................................................................. 11 III European Neighbourhood Policy .............................................................................................. 12 Eastern Partnership .................................................................................................................... 12 Armenia ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Azerbaijan .................................................................................................................................. 16 Georgia ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Belarus ....................................................................................................................................... 22 Republic of Moldova ................................................................................................................. 25 Ukraine ....................................................................................................................................... 28 The Southern Mediterranean ...................................................................................................... 31 Egypt .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Israel ........................................................................................................................................... 38 Palestine ..................................................................................................................................... 41 Jordan ......................................................................................................................................... 44 Lebanon ...................................................................................................................................... 46 Syria ........................................................................................................................................... 48 Tunisia ........................................................................................................................................ 51 Algeria ........................................................................................................................................ 53 Morocco ..................................................................................................................................... 55 Western Sahara .......................................................................................................................... 58 Bahrain ....................................................................................................................................... 60 Libya .......................................................................................................................................... 63 IV Russia and Central Asia ............................................................................................................ 66 Russia ......................................................................................................................................... 66 Central Asia (regional) ............................................................................................................... 69 Kazakhstan ................................................................................................................................. 72 9431/13 ADD 1 REV 1 BH/svl 2 DG C EN Kyrgyz Republic ........................................................................................................................ 74 Tajikistan .................................................................................................................................... 76 Turkmenistan ............................................................................................................................. 77 Uzbekistan .................................................................................................................................. 79 V Africa.......................................................................................................................................... 81 African Union ............................................................................................................................ 81 Angola ........................................................................................................................................ 82 Benin .......................................................................................................................................... 84 Botswana .................................................................................................................................... 84 Burkina Faso .............................................................................................................................. 86 Burundi ...................................................................................................................................... 88 Cameroon ................................................................................................................................... 89 Cape Verde ................................................................................................................................. 91 Central African Republic ........................................................................................................... 93 Chad ........................................................................................................................................... 94 Comoros ..................................................................................................................................... 96 Congo (Brazzaville) ................................................................................................................... 96 Cote d'Ivoire ............................................................................................................................... 98 Democratic Republic of Congo................................................................................................ 100 Djibouti .................................................................................................................................... 103 Equatorial Guinea .................................................................................................................... 103 Eritrea ......................................................................................................................................