Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan adopted the Law on Humanitarian Demining Activities in February 2025, but has not yet adopted its revised national standards (ANMAR) and a new national mine action strategy. Azerbaijan continues to scale up a massive clearance effort of mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW). In 2024, the Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA) reported releasing more than 5.3km2 of anti-personnel (AP) mined area through clearance, with the destruction of 4,286 AP mines.

Mine Action Review has estimated that another 65km2 was released through technical survey (TS).

• Azerbaijan should accede to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) as a matter of priority.

• In the meantime, Azerbaijan should submit voluntary Article 7 reports annually under the APMBC.

• ANAMA should conduct evidence-based survey to better define the location and extent of mined area and enhance the planning and prioritisation of clearance.

• ANAMA should ensure that survey, clearance, and contamination data related to AP mines are disaggregated from data relating to AV mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW).

• Azerbaijan should adopt its revised National Mine Action Standards (NMAS) without delay and allow cancellation of areas through non-technical survey (NTS), which is not currently permitted.

Click here to download the "Clearing the Mines 2025" report for Azerbaijan.