Azerbaijan’s Law on the Rights of the Child (1998) states: “[T]ake all possible measures to evacuate children located in the areas of military operations to more secure places and protect their lives”. 

In 2008, in its initial report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child under the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, Azerbaijan stated: “Pursuant to the Rights of the Child Act, the military authorities must do everything possible to evacuate children from conflict zones to safe places in order to protect their lives and health.”