Who’s Afraid of Human Rights in War? (Part II)

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Who’s Afraid of Human Rights in War? (Part II)

18.04.2024

Mischa Gureghian Hall

In Part I of this response, I addressed the background of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the fact pattern of Narayan and Others v. Azerbaijan before the European Court of Human...

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Who’s Afraid of Human Rights in War? (Part I)

17.04.2024

Mischa Gureghian Hall

From the ravaged streets of Gaza to the decimated cities of Ukraine, the calamitous consequences of disavowing international human rights law (IHRL) in situations of armed conflict have seldom been...

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Transboundary Elements of Crime

24.11.2023

Davit Khachatryan

On 12 October, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) addressed the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh in response to the Azerbaijani military operation that commenced...

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A Serious Humanitarian Crisis Leading to Genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh

13.09.2023

Arnold Vardanyan

It is already more than 270 days since the blockade of the Lachin Corridor, also known as the "road to life,” which connects the Nagorno-Karabakh region to Armenia and the...

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Alle Macht den Staaten?

06.03.2023

Sarah Babaian Gurgen Petrossian

In Bezug auf die von sogenannten „Umweltaktivisten“ errichtete Blockade des Latschin-Korridors seit dem 12. Dezember 2022 und der damit einhergehenden humanitären Krise in Berg-Karabach, erließ der Internationale Gerichtshof (IGH) am...

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And the Azerbaijan-Armenia Lawfare Expanded

30.01.2023

Kei Nakajima

On 18 January 2023, the government of Azerbaijan announced that it had launched an inter-state arbitration proceedings against Armenia under the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and...

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On Ceasefire Agreements and (Counter)Offensives

23.09.2022

Victor Santos Mariottini De Oliveira

On September 13th 2022, hostilities broke out once again along the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia in connection with the long-lasting dispute for Nagorno-Karabakh. Reports estimate that heavy artillery shelling...

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A Violent Effort to Rewrite History?

19.04.2021

Sylvia Maus

The geographically small Nagorno-Karabakh is rich in cultural and religious heritage. It is therefore not surprising that the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over this contested territory spurred not...