Evacuation or genocide? The truth matters. Armenian children taking shelter in bunkers. Aliyev’s Genocide 2023. The TRUTH!
The Center for Truth and Justice has launched a massive PR campaign in order to spread the truth about what is really happening in Nagorno-Karabakh.
PLEASE…
In an independent expert opinion, former Chief Prosecutor of the
@IntlCrimCourt
, Luis Moreno Ocampo concludes that the Lachin blockade constitutes genocide under Article II(c) of the Genocide Convention.
Read full report here:
First ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo (
@luismorenoocampo
) on
@NewsHour
speaking about the developing situation in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). Ocampo notes that Azerbaijani President Aliyev knowingly and willingly created conditions in the group of people to bring about their…
"Nations must mobilize to prevent a
#Genocide
in Nagorno-Karabakh."
@CFTJustice
welcomes the Juan Mendez report, which, coming after the
@MorenoOcampo1
, is another clarion call to the world not to look away when tens of thousands are targeted by genocidal actions.
Juan Mendez…
f you have relatives in Artsakh who have witnessed: massacres, murder, beheadings, Azeri killing or injuring a civilian, please contact EVIDENCE
@CFTJUSTICE
.ORG
Եթե դուք ունեք Արցախում հարազատներ, ովքեր ականատես են եղել՝ ջարդերի, սպանությունների, գլխատումների, ադրբեջանցիների…
Former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
@MorenoOcampo1
testifies in Washington DC at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing: US must recognize the new genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh and call out President Aliyev to stop it.
Crucial report out today from pro bono nonprofit law firm
@PILPG
, calling for the self-determination of the Nagorno-Karabakh population to take center stage in 🇦🇲-🇦🇿 diplomacy, highlighting the viability of remedial secession in response to ongoing denial of self-determination…
#Azerbaijan
starving civilians of
#NagornoKarabakh
is prohibited warfare under International Law. Testimonies of victims of the blockade confirm the scarcity of food & aid.
#Azerbaijan
is willfully impeding aid, & food in violation of the
#GenevaConvention
.
1/5 Azerbaijan's Military Trophy Park in Baku is yet another example of the long history of Azerbaijan's state-sponsored Armenophobia and glorified subhuman treatment of Armenians.
Full page ad in
@washingtonpost
as the world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
New York Armenians have also gathered in front of the United Nations building in order to urge the world leaders to stop the Genocide2023 happening in…
Save evidence of
#WarCrimes
. Please DM links of videos to IG
@cftjustice
1) civilians injured in
#Armenia
;
2) destruction of civilian infrastructure in 🇦🇲;
3) capture & treatment of POWs/🇦🇲servicemen;
4) torture of POWs/🇦🇲servicemen;
5) drones hovering, surveillance, bombing.
@CFTJustice
sent an urgent communication to all members of
@UN
Security Council confirming that our first-hand information corresponds with the conclusions in
@MorenoOcampo1
report that was released on August 7, 2023: The sole purpose of the Azerbaijani blockade is to starve…
CFTJ today published a White Paper entitled “Initiating an Investigation: White Paper on Azerbaijan’s Torture and Mistreatment of Armenian POWs During and After the Nagorno-Karabakh War.”
Click here to read the White Paper:
While on duty, taking the testimony of a
#warcrime
victim,
@CFTJustice
student receives devastating phone call from mother that her uncle has been killed in the latest military ambush from
#Azerbaijan
Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh are making salt at home.
Azerbaijan has cut off Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh of food, medicine and transit. 9 months of blockade also means no salt is left.
ARMENIA RATIFIES ROME STATUTE: What it means & how it works?
1.
@IntlCrimCourt
, created by the Rome Statute, investigates and prosecutes individuals for mass atrocity crimes, and operates independently of the
@UN
.
2.
@IntlCrimCourt
prosecutes individuals for four categories…
AZERBAIJAN HAS LAUNCHED A WAR AGAINST ARMENIANS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH AFTER STARVING THEM FOR 9 MONTHS
Azerbaijan has started a massive PR campaign calling their attack on Nagorno-Karabakh as an attack on “terrorist” group.
@CFTJustice
has launched a massive PR campaign in order…
@CFTJustice
has published a new report with an urgent call to action for US, Russia and EU mediators to advocate for the unconditional release of the POWs, political prisoners and hostages.
Azerbaijan is still illegally holding POWs, political prisoners and hostages. Some have…
Desperate cries of Armenian mothers being annihilated by Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan bombs and shells the civilian Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh.
@CFTJustice
has launched a massive PR campaign in order to enforce the truth about what is really happening in Nagorno-Karabakh.…
9 months into the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan and the human rights violations that are occurring within,
@CFTJustice
opens a brick and mortar office in Stepanakert this week. CFTJ staff will continue to document the human rights violations occurring presently.
During a fact-finding mission by
@CFTJustice
it has been discovered that Azerbaijan has completely desecrated yet another cemetery in Shushi. Discovery was made by the
@CFTJustice
Cultural Committee members through their ongoing monitoring of various historic sites via images…
Imminent Risk of Starvation in Nagorno-Karabakh Villages. The civilian populations of Mets Shen, Hin Shen, and Yeghtsahogh are days away from starvation.
CFTJ'S new report has been sent out to all UN Human Rights Council special procedure mandate holders.
CFTJ HOTLINE
Dear Armenians of Artsakh,
If you have witnessed the blockade, atrocities, tortures, and targeting of civilian population and structures during the war that Azerbaijan launched against Artsakh on September 19, 2023, please contact us:
+374-94-56-48-06…
@MorenoOcampo1
testifies at the
@TLHumanRights
Hearing: Update on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh
[I]f the US is fully aware that “genocide was about to be committed or was underway” and provides aid or assistance to Azerbaijan, it could be an accomplice of genocide.…
@CFTJustice
's Judge
@GassiaApkarian
&
@Anoush_B
speaking w/ Mayor of Askeran & other displaced Artsakhsis in Goris, Armenia. Now that almost half of Artsakh's population has made it to safety, CFTJ is interviewing eyewitnesses to obtain firsthand accounts as evidence.
In 2022, Aliyev asked, “who will protect Armenia?”
In 1939, Hitler asked “who remembers now the extermination of the Armenians?”
@MorenoOcampo1
report likens Aliyev’s words to what Hitler said about the Armenians. Ocampo designates the blockade of Lachin Corridor
#Genocide2023
In a scathing report, former
@IntlCrimCourt
prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, states the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh is “GENOCIDE.”
Link to full report:
My contribution: The blockade of the Lachin Corridor by the Azerbaijani security forces is a Genocide against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh.
#stopArmenianGenocide2023
@CFTJustice
has submitted a new report documenting the systemic hate speech of the Aliyev Administration.
Our new report provides factual evidence of the Aliyev regime’s policy of ethnic cleansing and aggressive policy towards Armenia and Armenians.
@CFTJustice
has sent an urgent report on Azerbaijan’s detention of Armenian political prisoners and POWs to US Congress.
#Azerbaijan
has a pattern of reneging on promises to international actors while violating the fundamental human rights of those detained - in breach of…
2/5 The exhibit includes displays of the helmets of fallen soldiers & life-sized wax figures of Armenian soldiers being subjected to handcuffs, chains, torture, and death in degrading and humiliating conditions. In addition to Azerbaijan's endless list of human rights violations
@SenatorMenendez
delivered a powerful speech today urging the
@POTUS
to step up and protect the people in Artsakh.
“We must stop him (Aliyev) from succeeding in erasing this Armenian community. We must stop him from starving these Armenians to death …. we have the power to do…
Proudly announcing that former International Court Prosecutor
@MorenoOcampo1
will be making a special appearance at our upcoming evening on Friday, October 13, 2023 at 6:30 to honor the Warriors for justice.
Mr. Ocampo has been working closely with CFTJ since the 2021 Yerevan…
US House will be presented a bill led by Rep Cardenas, Schiff, & Sherman calling for Azerbaijan’s immediate release of Armenian POWs and requiring an investigation into the use of US technology in drones used by Turkey & Azerbaijan to target civilians during the 2020 Artsakh war,
No heat. No electricity. Subzero temperatures. 120k Armenians under blockade for over 40 days & being held hostage by
#Azerbaijan
.
#HumanRights
activists &
@CFTJustice
#Artsakh
Law Clinic continue to document evidence of violations of international law even under these conditions
5/5 to repeat should the inaction of the international community permit such fascist policies to go on with impunity. The Center stands against this inhumane and barbaric state-sponsored celebration of hate against indigenous Armenians and demands that this exhibit be taken down.
CFTJ welcomes today’s decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The relevant points are:
1) The ICJ is a proper court to hear the case of
#Armenia
v.
#Azerbaijan
. Accordingly, for the first time in history, the ICJ will hear a full case in which Armenia is a party.
4/5 severed heads of Armenians in 1915. Aliyev’s message is clear: Azerbaijan will stop at no measure to further their indoctrination of Armenophobia, fueling generations of hate and violence. The Azerbaijani / Turkish doctrine of cleansing Armenians from their homeland is bound
@CFTJustice
has submitted a detailed report of the
#Azerbaijani
blockade of
#NagornoKarabakh
to
@un
Officials, European Dignitaries, US Congressional Officials, NGO’s and Educational Institutions, urging them to immediately call an end to the blockade.
"120,000 people are subjected to inhumane treatment
on a daily basis, while all you do is nothing
but occasional statements of concern"
@Gegham_Artsakh
@CFTJustice
staff in Armenia interviewed by
@FRANCE24
talks about the extensive database of evidence of international war crimes committed by Azerbaijan in
#NagornoKarabakh
and how they will be used in the international courts.
3/5 during and after the recent Artsakh conflict, this exhibition of Azerbaijan’s latest version of furthering their racist and genocidal narrative against ethnic Armenians is deplorable. Such a display is similar to the images of Ottoman soldiers pictured with the skulls and
Keynote speaker Yeghishe Kirakosyan presented on the long path ahead for Armenia’s legal battle in the ICJ & other international law mechanisms. Kirakosyan was awarded the CFTJ International Advocate of the Year for his work as the Representative of Armenia before the ECtHR & ICJ
Center for Truth and Justice is headed to Iowa where Hon. Gassia Apkarian and Arsiné Grigoryan, Esq. will visit the University of Iowa to present on various international human rights violations and further discuss how to utilize testimonial evidence for international…
On October 3, 2023, the Armenian parliament ratified ICC's Rome Statute. Watch this panel discussion from
@CFTJustice
's May 2023 conference to better understand what this ratification means for Armenia.
"Azerbaijan has ignored calls from the
@UN
Secretary General, the
@StateDept
and
@EmmanuelMacron
to comply with the
@CIJ_ICJ
's binding order and to open the Lachin Corridor," wrote Mendez, now a professor of Human Rights Law at American University. "I focus my analysis in the…
Tomorrow, Sep. 6 at 10:00 PST (1:00EST) ~ Briefing in US Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission: "Nagorno-Karabakh: An Update."
@MorenoOcampo1
, the former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, released his personal Expert Opinion on August 7, stating that “there…
"The silence of the international community is used by Azerbaijan" to establish impunity. Tatoyan sent his reports to int'l orgs & govts but received no response. "Without proper accountability, these crimes are encouraged. Impunity leads to new crimes." - Arman Tatoyan
Thanks to
@MorenoOcampo1
, this hidden genocide, starvation by blockade, has been exposed. It is now the responsibility of state parties, especially the US, to take measures to prevent, and stop Genocide 2023.
The Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the Armenian National Assembly has voted to approve the ratification of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the
@IntlCrimCourt
. Next, the matter heads to the full National Assembly for a vote within the coming week(s)
#Azerbaijan
cuts off lifeline to
#Artsakh
creating humanitarian crisis. While funneling
#Russian
gas to Europe,
#Azerbaijan
cuts off gas to
#Artsakh
in subzero temperatures. Freedom and Access to Education, Healthcare, Resources are DENIED.
2023 will have challenges &
@CFTJustice
will remain vigilant. We will cont. to train next gen. of lawyers in Armenia and Artsakh, collect evidence of
#WarCrimes
and violation of
#HumanRights
, seek avenues to bring accountability, seeking justice & amplify the voices of victims.
@CFTJustice
transfers extensive evidence of Azerbaijan’s violations of the Geneva Convention, use of Syrian, Afghan and Pakistani mercenaries during the 2020 war in
#NagornoKarabakh
as well as violations re to the Lachin Blockade to European third party for criminal investigation
@CFTJustice
has issued an Urgent Call to Action on the Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. CFTJ has reached out to diplomats, legislators, and international organizations including the
@UN
. Atrocities happen in the darkness of the night.
Read the full report here:…
@UNESCO
must fulfill its mandate and protect historical cultural sites in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan must be stopped from converting ancient Christian churches into mosques.
@UNESCO
MUST protect the oldest Christian church now under Azerbaijani control.
@CFTJustice
has…
Join us for a very special evening with the Warriors for Justice to coming together to support the efforts to raise the voices of the 100,000 forcibly displaced, POWs and civilians abducted and tortured or killed. The current humanitarian crisis has resulted in the immediate need…
@Google
tens of thousands of people have signed
@CFTJustice
's petition and are asking for justice for
#Armenia
— can you confirm that you won't erase Armenia?
Article II(c) of the Genocide Convention: “Deliberately inflicting on a group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction, in whole or in part.”
Asked whether Armenia is facing an existential threat, Arman Tatoyan responds "of course." He points to maps Azerbaijan has published evidencing intent to take the southern portion of Armenia-proper. "It is from these expansionist policies Azeri officials derive their authority."
We call on all contracting parties to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
#Genocide
, particularly US, UK, and Russia, to fulfill their obligations, through the
@UN
Security Council, to prevent another chapter of the
#ArmenianGenocide
.
Human Rights and Accountability: A Path Forward for Nagorno-Karabakh
When: May 3 -5, 2023
Where: Yerevan, Armenia. In-person and Remote
Registration REQUIRED:
Keynote Speaker:
@EboeOsuji
- Former President of
@IntlCrimCourt
It is prohibited to remove or render (the road) indispensable to the survival of the civilian population and deny civilians access, whether to starve out civilians, to cause them to move away (
#EthnicCleansing
) or for any other motive (
#Genocide
).
Center for Truth and Justice presents it’s first annual international conference titled “Human Rights and Accountability: The Aftermath of War” happening in Yerevan, Armenia from June 1-3, 2022.
Register at
Mothers in
#NagornoKarabakh
are deprived of the basic necessities to tend to the welfare of their babies. Geneva Protocols requires
#Azerbaijan
to permit the free passage of all consignments of essential foodstuffs, clothing and medicine intended for children.
Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act soon to be signed into law by Biden.
It will amend18 U.S.C. § 2441 extends U.S. criminal jurisdiction over war crimes to all acts committed anywhere in the world so long as the offender is residing in the U.S. or is a U.S. citizen.
During
@TLHumanRights
Rep. Christopher H. Smith notes that
@StateDept
and
@USAID
UNRESPONSIVE thus ABSENT from the a hearing on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
More updates to follow.
CFTJ ԹԵԺ ԳԻԾ
ՍԻՐԵԼԻ ԱՐՑԱԽՑԻՆԵՐ,
Եթե ականատես եք եղել շրջափակման և ս.թ. սեպտեմբերի 19֊ից Ադրբեջանի կողմից սանձազերծած պատերազմի ընթացքում իրականացված վայրագությունների, խոշտանգումների, ինչպես նաև խաղաղ բնակչության թիրախավորման դեպքերի, խնդրում ենք կապվել մեզ հետ:
+374-94-56-48-06…
The European Third party will then transfer those extensive files to their respective national judicial and law enforcement authorities for criminal investigation of these international crimes against the citizens of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.
Fuller clip of Prof. Murphy presenting
#Armenia
's evidence documented by
@CFTJustice
and other NGOs & agencies re: Azerbaijan's torture and mistreatment of both acknowledged captives and unidentified hostages that
#Azerbaijan
denies having in custody
#ICJ
#CFTJ
publishes Supplemental White Paper calling for Congressional hearings and sanctions based on new testimonial
#evidence
on the disappearance of
#Armenian
soldiers while in the custody of
#Azerbaijan
.
Click to read the Supplemental White Paper.
@CFTJustice
submitted an updated report to the
@UN
Special Rapporteurs in the field of Cultural Rights and Freedom of Religion. The report is a response to
#Azerbaijan
’s reply to the original report submitted by CFTJ.
#NagornoKarabakh
#Artsakh
@MorenoOcampo1
testifying at the
@TLHumanRights
By the jurisprudence of the
@CIJ_ICJ
, the duty to prevent [genocide] arises at the instant that a state party like the US “learns of, or should normally have learned of, the existence of a serious risk that genocide will be…
Panelist Karnig Kerkonian compellingly argues that self-determination and territorial integrity are *not* competing principles. Territorial integrity is not a right; its a fundamental rule of int’l law. It's a derivative attribute of sovereignty and the attribute is contingent 🧵
The Center for Truth and Justice presented at the United Nations in Geneva on August 8, 2022 on Azerbaijan’s ongoing CERD violations.
@UnitedNationss_
@CIJ_ICJ
@TalinH
Second annual international conference titled “Human Rights and Accountability– A Path Forward For Nagorno-Karabakh” happening in Yerevan, Armenia from May 3-5, 2023 at
@AUAtweets
Register here …
See below schedule for Day 3
CFTJ's very own
@MaggieArutyuny1
participated in panel discussion held by the
@armenianbruins
CFTJ supports efforts of outreach, community, and diasporans coming together to focus on ways to advocate for Armenia and Artsakh.
CFTJ conference keynote speaker, world renowned lawyer Geoffrey Robertson, proclaims the failure to prosecute Azerbaijan for the 44-day war as a crisis of international law and diplomacy
#accountability
#ArtsakhWarAccountability
Meet the Center's Warrior of the Month - Snezhana Tamrazyan.
Snezhanna is a student at Artsakh State University and joined the Center in September 2021 as a student investigator during CFTJ's 2021 - 2022 Law Clinic Program.
4) Importantly, the ICJ declined to grant
#Azerbaijan
's request to compel
#Armenia
to assist with the de-mining of NK/Artsakh, or to provide maps to that end. This is a result of the court concluding that the mine issue has nothing to do with racial discrimination under the CERD.