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Commissioner of Human Rights in Azerbaijan: Armenia violates human rights law and international humanitarian one in course of new armed aggression against Azerbaijan

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Children wounded as a result of the missile attack on the city of Ganja (17-October-2020)

 

Ashraf AboArafe

The commissioner of Human Rights in Azerbaijan stated that on September 27, 2020 the armed forces of Armenia, blatantly violating the ceasefire regime have launched another aggression against Azerbaijan, by intensively attacking the positions of the armed forces of Azerbaijan along the frontline, as well as by deliberately subjecting to artillery shelling residential areas of Tartar, Aghdam, Fuzuli and Jabrayil districts. On the following days, densely populated residential areas – Shamkir, Beylagan, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Goranboy, Tartar, Barda, Aghjabadi and the city of Ganja were subjected to heavy bombardment, including with mid-range missiles.
As a result, there have been casualties among civilians and military servicemen of Azerbaijan. Extensive damage has been inflicted on many houses and other civilian infrastructure.

Garachinar secondary school, Ashagi Agjakend settlement (Goranboy)

The new aggression by Armenia against Azerbaijan is yet another blatant violation of fundamental norms and principles of international law, IHL, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and its Additional Protocols, as well as the United Nations Security Council resolutions 822, 853, 874, 884 of 1993 demanding the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of the armed forces of Armenia from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.
As of October 17, totally 61 civilians, including children, women and elderly have been killed, 270 civilians have been wounded as a consequence of heavy artillery shelling. 1704 private houses, 90 apartment buildings and 327 civilian facilities were damaged and became unserviceable as a result of armed attack.
Vehicles belonging to civilians became unserviceable, and numerous small and large horned animals and haystacks were destroyed as well. Extensive damage was inflicted upon water, energy and other civilian infrastructure.
The armed forces of Armenia do not even spare ambulances and medical facilities in a blatant violation of IHL, in particular Article 35 of the First Geneva Convention of 1949.
Also, a medical worker was seriously injured as a result of the shooting by the armed forces of Armenia of a sanitary medical vehicle, clearly marked with a white flag, collecting the bodies of Armenian soldiers in the area of Sugovshan.
On October 10, in Moscow with mediation of the Russian Federation humanitarian ceasefire effective as of 12:00 was agreed between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Yet, despite the ceasefire, armed forces of Armenia continued to subject residential areas in Azerbaijan, including the city of Ganja and Mingechevir to bombardment, including with ballistic missiles launched both from its own territory and the occupied territories of Azerbaijan.

Local ambulance was targeted by artillery fire in the Tartar district, in a blatant violation of Article 35 of the First Geneva Convention of 1949. The driver was seriously wounded

From October 12, 2020, the armed forces of Armenia subjected large cities and other settlements, including critical civilian infrastructure of Azerbaijan located far from the front line to attacks by different types of missiles like Scud, Smerch, Tocka-U and etc. Below are some of those cases recorded since October 12, 2020.
– Ganja – the 2nd biggest city, in which more than 331 000 people reside and is located 36 km from the frontline, was subjected to “SCUD/Elbrus” ballistic missile attack launched from the territory of Armenia on October 17, 2020, around 02:00. This attack on a densely populated Ganja city has taken place for the third time in a row since October 4, 2020 (See Section 3).
– Mingechevir – the 4th biggest city in Azerbaijan, in which 106 000 people reside, hosts the Mingechevir Water Hydropower Complex and is located far from the frontline was hit with missiles on 17 October 2020 around 01:00.
– Tartar city has been under the heavy artillery shelling during the reported period. On October 15, 2020, the armed forces of Armenia intentionally shelled a funeral ceremony in Tartar city cemetery. As a result of the attack civilians were killed and wounded.
– Ordubad district was hit with the missile by the armed forces of Armenia from the territory of the occupied Gubadli region on October 15 at 10:44.

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