Country Updates on Human Rights and Democracy 2017 Contents Enlargement countries ............................................................................................................................ 7 Albania ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina ...................................................................................................................... 7 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ..................................................................................... 8 Kosovo* ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Montenegro ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Serbia ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Turkey ............................................................................................................................................... 11 EEA/EFTA Countries .............................................................................................................................. 13 Switzerland ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Norway .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Iceland ............................................................................................................................................... 14 Liechtenstein ..................................................................................................................................... 15 European Neighbourhood Policy .......................................................................................................... 15 Armenia ............................................................................................................................................. 15 Azerbaijan ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Belarus .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Egypt ................................................................................................................................................. 20 Georgia .............................................................................................................................................. 22 State of Israel .................................................................................................................................... 25 Jordan ................................................................................................................................................ 27 Moldova ............................................................................................................................................ 29 Syria ................................................................................................................................................... 31 Ukraine .............................................................................................................................................. 33 Lebanon ............................................................................................................................................ 36 Palestinian Authority (occupied Palestinian territory – oPt) ............................................................ 37 Libya .................................................................................................................................................. 39 Kingdom of Morocco......................................................................................................................... 42 Western Sahara ................................................................................................................................. 43 People's Democratic Republic of Algeria .......................................................................................... 44 Republic of Tunisia ............................................................................................................................ 45 Russia and Central Asia ......................................................................................................................... 47 Russia ................................................................................................................................................ 47 Kazakhstan ........................................................................................................................................ 49 Uzbekistan ......................................................................................................................................... 50 The Kyrgyz Republic .......................................................................................................................... 52 Tajikistan ........................................................................................................................................... 54 Turkmenistan .................................................................................................................................... 55 Africa ..................................................................................................................................................... 57 The African Union (AU) - European Union (EU) ................................................................................ 57 Angola ............................................................................................................................................... 59 Benin ................................................................................................................................................. 61 Republic of Botswana ....................................................................................................................... 63 Burkina Faso ...................................................................................................................................... 65 Burundi .............................................................................................................................................. 68 Cabo Verde ........................................................................................................................................ 70 Cameroon .......................................................................................................................................... 71 République centrafricaine ................................................................................................................. 74 Union des Comores ........................................................................................................................... 76 Republic of Congo ............................................................................................................................. 78 Côte d'Ivoire ...................................................................................................................................... 79 Djibouti .............................................................................................................................................. 82 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ............................................................................................... 83 State of Eritrea .................................................................................................................................. 85 Ethiopia ............................................................................................................................................. 86 Gabon ................................................................................................................................................ 88 Ghana ................................................................................................................................................ 91 Guinea Bissau .................................................................................................................................... 92 Guinea ............................................................................................................................................... 94 Kenya ................................................................................................................................................. 97 Kingdom of Lesotho .......................................................................................................................... 99 Liberia .............................................................................................................................................. 101 Madagascar ..................................................................................................................................... 104 Democratic Republic of Malawi .....................................................................................................