ArmInfo. Former ICC Prosecutor General Luis Moreno Ocampo published his 2nd report on the genocide committed in Nagorno-Karabakh, highlighting the consistent international practice of denying this fact. It contains the testimony of former Artsakh State Minister Artak Beglaryan.
The Summary of the report, in particular, states: "December 2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Genocide Convention's adoption, exposing the consistent state parties' position to deny the commission of genocide.
Just in the last months of 2023, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, alerted about six different situations where there is a risk of genocide against ethnic groups, including the Rohingya,1 the Nagorno-Karabakh people,2 the Tigray in Ethiopia,3 the Israelis and Palestinians,4 and the Masalit in Darfur, Sudan.5 1 Remarks by United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser Nderitu Panel Discussion "Impact of Majoritarianism on Religious Minorities in South Asia" U.S. Capitol, Washington D.C. 7 June 2023.
2 Special Adviser Nderitu stated "on September 22, 2023, Military action .put the civilian population in the area at risk of violence, including risk of genocide and related atrocity crimes." UN Press Release, Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in Armenia and Azerbaijan (September 22nd, 2023).
3 Special Adviser Nderitu stated to be "alarmed at the heightened risk of genocide and related atrocity crimes in Ethiopia." UN Press Release, New York, October 10th, 2023.
4 Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Statement of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, on the situation in the Middle East, (October 15th, 2023).
5 UN Press Release, Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the renewed escalation of violence in Darfur, Sudan (November 14th, 2023).
The Genocide Convention's 75th anniversary provides an opportunity to move beyond empty "never again" promises. The University of Sao Paulo project "Innovation on Global Order" will conduct research and teach how to make operational the duties to prevent and punish genocide. This paper focuses on the Nagorno-Karabakh situation.
Since the blockade of the Lachin Corridor, state parties of the Genocide Convention involved in conversations with Azerbaijan, like the US, France, Germany, the UK, Israel, and Russia, ignored for different reasons the precise and available information about the serious risk of genocide for the Nagorno-Karabakh ethnic group. Instead, most wanted to facilitate an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan to avoid new hostilities and achieve particular economic and geopolitical national interests. Israel, for instance, benefited from substantial weapons sales to Azerbaijan. State parties of the Convention should not benefit from genocide.
Their obligation to prevent genocide requires continuing to assess President Aliyev's genocidal intention to attack Armenia, ensure reparations for those who have lost their lives and their property in Nagorno-Karabakh, guarantee the rights of the ethnic group to return to their ancestral land safely, and to release the "Armenian prisoners."
That is the most urgent aspect of genocide prevention, to end the risk of "serious bodily and mental harm" (Genocide Convention Article II b) to more than twenty victims of genocide, including three former Artsakh presidents and five other community leaders, incarcerated by Azerbaijan. Their captivity is part of the genocide and a message to their community: if you come back to Nagorno-Karabakh, you will be starved, incarcerated, or killed. They became hostages. As a Nagorno-Karabakh's leader, Artak Beglaryan was hunted by Azerbaijan forces before and after the September 19th attack. Still, unlike most of the others, he was able to escape in challenging circumstances despite his visual impairment. His testimony, attached,6 is evidence of the serious mental harm suffered by the entire ethnic group as established by the Genocide Convention Article II b).
On December 12, 2023, more than 100 global figures, including former heads of state, Nobel Prize laureates, and business and humanitarian leaders, demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the "Armenian Prisoners."7 A recognition that genocide was committed will trigger the state parties' obligations to prevent it and help to ensure their release. 6 Testimony by Artak Beglaryan
To become acquainted with the full text of the Report, please visit: https://luismorenoocampo.com/lmo_en/report-genocides-december-2023/ .
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