ALC confronts Azerbaijani atrocities

Under the auspices of the Armenian Legal Center (ALC), Raffi Kalfayan, representing the Center for International and Comparative Law, and Artak Beglaryan, president of the Artsakh Union, recently joined forces with several Armenian non-governmental organizations to address Azerbaijani atrocities at the U.N. Committee against Torture session in Geneva on April 22-23. Their participation extended to a series of discussions with various U.N. entities.

The focus of the session revolved around Azerbaijan’s compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In response, the Center for International and Comparative Law, the Rights and Justice Center “Tatoyan” Foundation, the “Arbane” Foundation and the “Union for the Protection of the Interests and Rights of the Artsakh People” NGO submitted a comprehensive report on March 18. This report, presented as a counter to Azerbaijan’s fifth periodic report to the committee, highlighted instances of ethnic hatred directed towards Armenians since 2016.