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The International Criminal Court Could Investigate President Aliyev for Genocide Against the Armenians

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星期四, 四月 18, 2024
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The submission includes access to testimonial evidence gathered and recorded by the CFTJ that corroborates the alleged policy of genocide being planned, instigated, and implemented by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, including their Parliament.

Key Points: 
  • The submission includes access to testimonial evidence gathered and recorded by the CFTJ that corroborates the alleged policy of genocide being planned, instigated, and implemented by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, including their Parliament.
  • This is the first case of any entity lodging a case at the ICC for genocide of Armenians, and it comes days before the April 24 annual commemoration of the World War I-era genocide in which Ottomans killed 1.5 million Armenians.
  • "The ICC should send a clear message that there will be no impunity for such crimes and those responsible for genocide will be held accountable."
  • Aliyev himself said as top officials in Baku celebrated the forced displacement of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh.

CFTJ to Attend UN Review of Azerbaijan's Record and Gross Violations Under the Convention Against Torture

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星期二, 四月 16, 2024
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GENEVA, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Truth and Justice (CFTJ), an international human rights organization dedicated to the documentation of atrocity crimes via firsthand evidence, will present violations committed by Azerbaijan in the upcoming United Nations compliance review of Azerbaijan's adherence to its obligations under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT).

Key Points: 
  • At the April 15-May 10 review, CFTJ representatives will offer evidence of serious and persistent breaches by Azerbaijan of its obligations under CAT.
  • This assessment, which will take place in Geneva, marks a critical step in holding Azerbaijan accountable for its human rights violations.
  • They must be held responsible for their inhuman treatment aimed specifically at those ethnically Armenian," said CFTJ President Gor Mnatsakanyan.
  • The Convention Against Torture, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1984 and ratified by Azerbaijan in 1995, explicitly prohibits torture and other forms of ill-treatment.

Center for Truth and Justice Welcomes Ocampo's Congressional Testimony on Nagorno Karabakh Genocide

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星期四, 九月 7, 2023
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Ocampo, the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, said that the blockade is a genocide and cautioned that the United States risks complicity through inaction.

Key Points: 
  • Ocampo, the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, said that the blockade is a genocide and cautioned that the United States risks complicity through inaction.
  • "The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh is desperate, with Azerbaijan trying to starve the population to force it to flee," said Maggie Arutyunyan, a member of the leadership of the California-based Center for Truth and Justice (CFTJ).
  • "We hope Ocampo's testimony finally compels the United States and other states to move decisively to end this atrocity."
  • In his testimony, Ocampo said that the US, as a party to the Genocide Convention, "undertook the duty 'to prevent and to punish'" genocide, and "accepted that under Article III e) complicity in genocide is punishable."

The Center for Truth and Justice Welcomes Report by Genocide Advisor Juan Mendez that Could Mobilize Nations to Prevent a Genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh

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星期四, 八月 24, 2023
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The Center for Truth and Justice welcomes the report and notes that the world's states now have ample evidence of the need to take action to end the blockade.

Key Points: 
  • The Center for Truth and Justice welcomes the report and notes that the world's states now have ample evidence of the need to take action to end the blockade.
  • "I focus my analysis in the prevention duty of the international community."
  • The report , which was requested by Armenia and was circulated immediately at the United Nations, was posted by Mendez on his Facebook page .
  • The UN Security Council is weighing a series of appeals from prominent quarters to compel an end to the blockade.

Center for Truth and Justice Welcomes Ocampo Report Citing Genocide in Nagorno Karabakh

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星期五, 八月 11, 2023
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"It is now the responsibility of state parties, especially the US, to take measures to stop Genocide 2023."

Key Points: 
  • "It is now the responsibility of state parties, especially the US, to take measures to stop Genocide 2023."
  • "At this point, it takes political will by the US and state parties to stop Genocide 2023, and stop starvation by blockade."
  • "You will find no crematoria in Artsakh, nor machetes, but genocide by starvation is no less devastating for being silent," Ocampo said.
  • During his time at the ICC, in 2008, Ocampo obtained arrest warrants against Sudan's then-President Omar al-Bashir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.