Armenia complains to ECtHR about Azerbaijan's actions in border villages

A complaint has been lodged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about Azerbaijan's actions in the villages of Parukh and Khramort in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenia's official at the ECtHR and the International Court of Justice has stated.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on March 8, due to shelling, Khramort villagers were evacuated. After March 15, they began returning home, but on March 24, Nagorno-Karabakh announced that Azerbaijani militaries had violated the contact line. Villagers claim that they need security guarantees from Nagorno-Karabakh authorities and Russian peacemakers in order to return to the village and quietly engage in agrarian works, without fear of shelling by Azerbaijani militaries.

On July 27, Yerevan submitted an interstate complaint against Azerbaijan to the ECtHR, Eghishe Kirakosyan, the Armenia's representative on international legal issues, said on August 2.

"Among other things, the complaint concerns [Azerbaijan's actions] against the civilian population of the villages of Khramort and Parukh," the TASS has quoted him as saying.

The Armenian government has also complained about the threat from Azerbaijan to the population of the border villages of Nagorno-Karabakh and the actions of Azerbaijani militaries in 2021-2022 against the population of the unrecognized republic, as a result of which, according to the Armenian party, the right to life was violated, Mr Kirakosyan has added.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 3, 2022 at 04:15 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.