According to a report by Luis Moreno Ocampo, First Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, the crisis that keeps the Armenian inhabitants of Nagorno Karabakh constitutes a genocide “through starvation”. Meanwhile, compare the territorial blockade with what suffered by the Russians in Saint Petersburg in 1941.
Ocampo, also a former assistant prosecutor for the Trial to the Boards in 1985, he acted at the request of the Government of that region embroiled in a conflict with Azerbaijan, a country that claims total sovereignty over that territory.
The complaint, which includes 28 pages, indicates that the Azeri regime closed the so-called Lachin Corridor, where it was possible to send food and medicine to the population, mostly Armenians.
Meanwhile, when analyzing the Srebrenica case, the international Court of Justice ruled that the “deprivation of food, medical care, housing or clothing” constitute genocide within Article II(c) of the Genocide Convention.
The UN asked Azerbaijan to open the pass that connects Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh
He UN Security Council in the last few hours asked Azerbaijan lto “immediate” opening of the Lachín corridor, which connects Armenian territory with the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urged both countries not to politicize humanitarian aidnecessary for a civilian population that has suffered from shortages for months.
Council members emphasized the need to normalize relations between the two countries, as a step prior to a peace treaty and to respect the agreements signed in 2020 trilaterally between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russiawho maintains military presence as a peacekeeping force ever since.
The request for the United Nations It comes two days after Russia urged Azerbaijan to unblock the only route that connects Armenian territory with Nagorno-Karabakh, the disputed region between these two Caucasus countries.
Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
The Armenian territory accuses them of impede traffic through Lachín, a short route in the middle of the mountains that connects Armenia with the settlements of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
While Azerbaijan maintains that the country is reinforcing its troops along the border to carry out a military actiona claim denied by the Armenian government in a context of high tension.
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From 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Unionthe territory is controlled by Armenian separatists who established an independent “republic” there that does not have international recognitionand which is militarily supported by neighboring Armenia.
So far they have fought two wars for control of this territory, the second, which occurred in 2020, ended with a ceasefire mediated by Russia and the recovery of the territories taken by Armenia after its victory in the so-called First Nagorno Karabagh Warin 1994, including the important city of Shusha.
Tensions flared again last month after Azerbaijan cut the only road connecting to the territory.
Source: Ambito
