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In his cynical admission of culpability, Armenia¡¯s then-Defense Minister and former President, Serzh Sargsyan, was quoted by the British journalist Thomas de Waal, as saying, ¡°before Khojaly, the Azerbaijanis thought that ... the Armenians were people who could not raise their hands against the civilian population. We were able to break that ¡¦ [stereotype]¡± (Thomas de Waal, Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War (New York and London, New York University Press, 2003), p.172)).The overall assessment of the causes and consequences of the war unleashed by Armenia against Azerbaijan makes it absolutely clear that the intentional slaughter of the civilians was not an isolated or sporadic act, but was part of Armenia¡¯s widespread and systematic policy of notorious ethnic cleansing and practice of atrocities. War crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed by Armenia in the course of the ongoing aggression against the Republic of Azerbaijan constitute a serious violation of international humanitarian and human rights law, in particular the 1949 Geneva Conventions, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Alongside the Republic of Armenia¡¯s responsibility as a State, under the international criminal law such acts perpetrated in the context of an armed conflict, including those in the town of Khojaly, are viewed as international criminal offences and responsibility for them is also borne on an individual basis by those who participated in the said acts, their accomplices and accessories. In its judgment of 22 April 2010, the European Court of Human Rights arrived at an important conclusion with respect to the crime committed in Khojaly, qualifying the behaviour of those carrying out the incursion as ¡°acts of particular gravity which may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity.¡± The national legislative bodies of more than 15 States, as well as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation adopted a number of resolutions and declarations on condemning in strongest terms the massacre of civilian population in Khojaly and recognizing the tragedy of Khojaly as an act of genocide and crime against humanity. The Republic of Azerbaijan highly values the solidarity of the international community on the establishment of truth and justice in respect to acts of genocide and crimes against humanity perpetrated in Khojaly by Armenia. Khojaly Genocide should find its legal appraisal. We are confident that the consistent measures being taken at the national level, as well as the existing international legal framework, will serve to end impunity and to bring to justice those responsible for the grave offences committed in the course of Armenia¡¯s aggression against Azerbaijan. ![]() Joint statement by Heads of Religious ... 102nd Anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic ... The Khojaly Genocide -- 28 Years Azerbaijan's Population Reaches 10 Million 29th Anniversary of "Black January" Recalled Photo Exhibit, Conference for Azerbaijan's 100 ... Amb. Ramzi Teymurov to Host Azerbaijan ... ASAS Donates 30,000,000 Won to Seung Ga Won ... 26th Anniversary of Khojaly Genocide Marked Azeri Envoy to Host Concert in Seoul to ... "Black January," a Struggle for Azebaijan's ... S. Korean Minister Hong Yun-Sik Visits Baku Few Seats Left for Wharton High School Global ... 24th Anniversary of Khojaly Genocide Recalled "Black January" Remembered in Seoul 2015 WTF World Cup Team Championships Starts ... Iran Takes Overall Male, Female Titles at 1st ... Baku, Azerbaijan Ready for 1st WTF World Cadet ... State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) Purchases ... 22th Anniversary of the Khojaly Genocide Azerbaijan Celebrates 95th Anniversary of Its ... Azeri Envoy to US Protests to US Congress Azerbaijan National Day Observed in Seoul "Space of Mugam" Opens in Baku March 14-21 Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov ... Azerbaijan's "Republic Day" Marked in Seoul
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