Analysis and evaluation of the armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the legal context from 12 to 16 July 2020
Deutsch-Armenische Juristenvereinigung eV is an association of German and Armenian lawyers who are committed to promoting legal exchange on legal question relating to Armenian issues, promoting cooperation between the German and Armenian law faculties, promoting remembrance, and legal development of the Armenian genocide, to promoting legal clarification and the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, to promoting the presence of legal issues relating to Armenia at national and international level. The association was founded in Nuremberg in 2017.
The association is deeply concerned about the armed conflict between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia. The association shares the view that there is no alternative to peaceful negotiations.
This report describes violations of international law that occurred between 12 and 16 July 2020.
The report includes the following points:
I. Introduction
II. Aggression against Republic of Armenia as internationally wrongful act
III. Targeted bombing of the Armenian civilian population and civilian objects as a violation of international humanitarian law and as a war crime
IV. Threat of bombing the Republic of Armenia’s nuclear power plant as an internationally wrongful act
V. Armenophobia: Anti-Armenian hate rhetoric and racial discrimination
VI. Conclusion