ECHR published its first decision on cases related to four-day April  2016 war

ArmInfo.Today, the European Court of Human Rights published its first decision on cases related to the four-day April 2016 war. This was written on his Facebook page by Liparit Drmeyan, former head of the Office of the Representative  for International Legal Affairs.

According to his post, among other things, the ECHR found that  Azerbaijan violated the right to life of an Armenian soldier and the  prohibition of torture (beheading and dismemberment). Azerbaijan was  ordered to pay 90,000 euros in compensation to the victim's  relatives.

"This is an important precedent for complaints filed to protect the  rights of victims of the 44-day war of 2020. This episode was one of  the most serious cases of April, when the enemy ambushed Armenian  servicemen and then beheaded and mutilated their bodies (detailed in  the ECHR judgment). Special thanks to the applicants' legal team.  Armenia participated in these cases as a third party, and although  Azerbaijan constantly denied its culpability, as a result of diligent  work, it was possible to present irrefutable evidence, including  footage from Azerbaijani news channels, where Azerbaijani special  forces presented this 'heroic episode,'" Drmeyan noted.

On the night of April 2, 2016, Azerbaijan began intensive artillery  shelling along the entire line of contact with the Nagorno-Karabakh  Defense Army, which then escalated into full-scale hostilities. The  active phase of fighting lasted exactly three and a half days. On  April 5, the parties reached a verbal ceasefire agreement, after  which the situation stabilized. According to official According to  the Armenian side, 110 military personnel and volunteers were killed  and another 121 people were injured during the April clashes.