Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ADOPTED 09 December 1948 BY General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) Entry into force: 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII The Contracting Parties , Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11 …
Category: Middle East
Aug 21
Where is the outrage? Why is no one focusing on the self-determination of the Armenians? — Alfred de Zayas, August 19, 2023
The mainstream media does not tell you, but there are already starvation deaths in Nagorno Karabakh caused by Azerbaijan’s illegal blockade. Where is the outrage? Why is no one focusing on the self-determination of the Armenians? — Alfred de Zayas (@Alfreddezayas) August 19, 2023 Новости Армении – NEWS.am
Aug 15
Former ICC Prosecutor Ocampo: Blinken is the one who can change the policy to stop the Armenian Genocide of 2023, 12.08.2023
Armenians living in [Artsakh] Nagorno-Karabakh have no voice, have no political representation. You can help them. You can give your voice and your observation that will help them to reach [US] Secretary of State [Antony] Blinken. He is a decision maker, he is the one who can change the policy to stop the Armenian Genocide …
Aug 15
Right of return of forcibly displaced Armenians from Soviet Azerbaijan, Nakhijevan and NK discussed at Justice Ministry, 14:49, 12 August 2023
YEREVAN, AUGUST 12, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Minister of Justice Karen Karapetyan has held a meeting with members of NGOs representing the Armenian refugees and forcibly displaced persons from Soviet Azerbaijan, Nakhijevan and Nagorno-Karabakh in 1988-1992, as well as during and after the 2020 war. Karapetyan and the NGO representatives discussed issues related to the legal status …
Aug 15
BREAKING: Azeri blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh constitutes genocide, confirms ex-ICC prosecutor L. Ocampo, 12:12, 9 August 2023
YEREVAN, AUGUST 9, ARMENPRESS. Luis Moreno Ocampo, a leading specialist in international law, former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and lecturer at Harvard and Yale has issued an expert opinion in response to the Nagorno-Karabakh president’s request and concluded that the Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh in fact constitutes genocide. “There is an ongoing Genocide against 120,000 Armenians …
Aug 15
Genocide scholars call for immediate UN intervention in Nagorno-Karabakh, 19:43, 11 August 2023
YEREVAN, AUGUST 11, ARMENPRESS. Prominent genocide scholars have submitted an open letter to the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, and Member States of the UN Security Council regarding the potential for genocide in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). Below is the full letter: H.E. …
Jul 30
STATEMENT About demilitarization of Western Armenia and Cilicia and the withdrawal of the occupying troops of the Republic of Turkey from these territories, 22.11.2018
STATEMENT About demilitarization of Western Armenia and Cilicia and the withdrawal of the occupying troops of the Republic of Turkey from these territories, 22.11.2018 (Shortened version) To the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Antonio Guterres STATEMENT About demilitarization of Western Armenia and Cilicia and the withdrawal of the occupying troops of the Republic of Turkey from …
Apr 05
Security Council UN Condemns Destruction, Smuggling of Cultural Heritage by Terrorist Groups, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2347 (2017)
(24 March 2017) The Security Council deplored today the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage, religious sites and artefacts, and the smuggling of cultural property by terrorist groups during armed conflict, affirming that such attacks might constitute a war crime and must be brought to justice. Unanimously adopting resolution 2347 (2017), the 15-member Council recalled its …