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December 16, 2022 Statement

Azerbaijan: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

92nd Session

September 8, 2021 Witness

Lessons of War

Attacks on Schools During the Nagorno-Karabakh War

A collage of eight images showing damage to schools

March 19, 2021 Report

Azerbaijan: Armenian POWs Abused in Custody

Investigate Abuse; Protect All Detainees

Ethnic Armenian soldiers walk along the road near the border between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020.

March 12, 2021 Commentary

Survivors of unlawful detention in Nagorno-Karabakh speak out about war crimes

New evidence of torture and inhumane treatment of civilians by Azerbaijani forces emerges

A portrait of Eduard Shakhkeldyan at the apartment in Stepanakert where his family is temporarily staying.

February 26, 2021 Witness

Unlawful Attacks on Medical Facilities and Personnel in Nagorno-Karabakh

New Research on Three Incidents from 2020 Conflict

View from the window of the Martakert military hospital, which was struck by Azerbaijani rocket artillery on October 14, 2020.

December 15, 2020 News Release

Armenia: Cluster Munitions Used in Multiple Attacks on Azerbaijan

End Their Use; Join Treaty Ban

Yashar Abbasov keeps a photograph of his wife, Raziya Abbasova, on a dresser with a mirror which was damaged in the attack that killed her.

December 11, 2020 Report

Armenia: Unlawful Rocket, Missile Strikes on Azerbaijan

Investigate Indiscriminate Attacks, Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

Shaira Guliyeva, 47, stands in front of her destroyed home and shows a photograph of her nephew, Arthur Guliyev, 13, who was killed there by a ballistic missile attack on October 17.

December 11, 2020 Report

Azerbaijan: Unlawful Strikes in Nagorno-Karabakh

Investigate Alleged Indiscriminate Attacks, Use of Explosive Weapons

Impact crater in a residential neighborhood in Stepanakert

December 2, 2020 Report

Azerbaijan: Armenian Prisoners of War Badly Mistreated

Investigate, Prosecute Violations; Ensure Protection of All Military Detainees

Liana Harutyunyan shows Human Rights Watch an image of her nephew Eric Khachaturyan, a prisoner of war (POW) in Azerbaijan, taken from a video in which he and other POWs are abused. Yerevan, November 2020.

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