ERMENİLERİN AZERBAYCAN'DA SİVİLLERE YÖNELİK SALDIRILARI

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.

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.

According to preliminary estimation, as of October 30, totally 91 civilians, including children,

women and elderly have been killed, more than 400 civilians have been wounded as a

consequence of heavy artillery shelling. As of October 29, 2406 private houses, 92 apartment

buildings and 423 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.

Every time when the humanitarian ceasefire was agreed between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the

armed forces of Armenia violated it by subjecting residential areas and civilian infrastructure in

Azerbaijan, including the city of Ganja, Barda, Mingechevir and Gabala to bombardment by

different types of missiles like Scud, Smerch, Tocka-U and etc, launched both from its own

territory and the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. The latest humanitarian ceasefire of

October 26 has already been repeatedly violated by the armed forces of Armenia.

Below are some of those cases recorded for the last two weeks:

- Ganja – the 2nd biggest city, in which more than 331 000 people reside and which is

located far from the frontline, was subjected to “SCUD/Elbrus” ballistic missile attack

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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).

- Barda – a city located approximately 100 km from the border with Armenia and 30 km

away from the Contact Line, became a subject of attack by armed forces of Armenia.

The rockets with banned cluster munitions were launched from the Smerch MLRS at

densely populated areas of the Barda city, including its business center and

surroundings. The use of 9N235 cluster munitions from 9M55 Smerch rockets was

confirmed by Amnesty International.1 According to the preliminary reports, this terrorist

attack by Armenia led to death of 21 civilians and 70 others were wounded. Civil

infrastructure facilities and vehicles were extensively damaged. A day before, on

October 27, Barda district has already came under the 300 mm “Smerch” cluster

munition rocket attack by the armed forces of Armenia. As a result five civilians died,

including a toddler and thirteen civilians were injured.

- 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 since September 27. Over the last

two weeks, the armed forces of Armenia have intentionally shelled private houses,

civilian infrastructure, including schools and even a funeral ceremony. On October 26,

Tartar city and the villages of the Tartar district became a subject of artillery attacks,

including by the use of 300 mm “Smerch” MLRS again. More detailed information on

civilian casualties is below.

- 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.

- Aghdam district - as a result of artillery shelling of the residential areas of the district

four civilians, including one journalist were injured on October 18. Artillery shelling of

the villages of the Aghdam district continued on October 26.

- Gabala, Kurdamir and Siyazan districts located far away from the frontline became a

subject of missile attacks launched from the Gafan and Jermukh regions of Armenia on

October 22. The attack on these residential areas resulted in injury of a resident of

Gabala and severe damage to five houses.

- Tovuz, Dashkasan and Agjabadi districts were also shelled by the armed forces of

Armenia on October 26.

- Gadabay, Tovuz and Dashkasan districts were again fired upon by the armed forces of

Armenia on October 28.

1 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/10/armenia-azerbaijan-first-confirmed-use-of-cluster-munitions-by-armenia-

cruel-and-reckless/

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In order to repel military aggression by Armenia and to ensure the security of civilians and

densely populated residential areas inside the internationally recognized territories of

Azerbaijan, the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan have launched counter-offensive

measures. Azerbaijan acts on its sovereign soil exercising its right of self-defense and takes

adequate and proportionate measures in full compliance with IHL to thwart the imminent

threat to its civilian population and ensure their security.

The political and military leadership of the Republic of Azerbaijan has declared on numerous

occasions since the start of the counter-offensive operations that only military objects and

installations will be targeted and civilians residing in the occupied territories as well as civilian

infrastructure therein will not be targeted. On October 04, the Ministry of Defense issued an

official appeal to those civilians calling them to stay away from the conflict zone, especially

from firing points, military facilities and military infrastructure of the armed forces of Armenia.

The Ministry further stated that appropriate conditions will be created for their evacuation

from the conflict zone and all their rights will be protected.2 On October 24, the Ministry of

Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan renewed this call and expressed the readiness to take all

the necessary measures to ensure the security, food, medical care and other needs of the

civilian population who will cross to the Azerbaijani side. The Ministry of Defense also appealed

to the servicemen of the armed forces of Armenia to lay down their arms and surrender. As it

was underlined in the call of the Ministry of Defense, all the rights of prisoners of war and

civilians will be protected in accordance with International Humanitarian Law, and necessary

conditions, through international organizations, will be created for persons wishing to move to

third countries3

.

The following served as a basis for the data presented:

1. Facts collected by the staff of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the

Republic of Azerbaijan;

2. Information obtained from the General Prosecutor’s Office;

3. Information from verified media publications.

2

https://mod.gov.az/en/news/the-military-command-of-azerbaijan-addressed-the-peaceful-population-living-in-the-occupied-

territories-32628.html

3 https://mod.gov.az/en/news/the-civilian-population-living-in-occupied-territories-is-advised-to-stay-away-from-military-

facilities-33280.html

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE CONFLICT

After the collapse of the USSR, the international legal doctrine of uti possidetis juris secured the

international, regional and national legitimacy of the boundaries of newly independent States.

Under this legal doctrine, the former administrative borders of Azerbaijan SSR, which had

included Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, were recognized by international law as the

legitimate borders of the newly independent Republic of Azerbaijan. This was later reaffirmed

in the UN Security Council resolutions 822, 853, 874 and 884 on the conflict in and around the

Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict started with the Armenians` open territorial

claims to Azerbaijan’s historical lands and ethnic provocations in1988. In the early 1980s, the

Armenians in the Soviet Union leadership, leaders of Armenian SSR and the Armenian Diaspora

abroad exploited the weakening of the central government of the USSR to embark on a

campaign to annex the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast to Armenia.

The United Nations Security Council adopted the above-mentioned four resolutions in 1993 in

response to the occupation of the territories of Azerbaijan. These resolutions condemn the use

of force against Azerbaijan and the occupation of its territories; reaffirm respect for the

sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, inviolability of its international borders and

the inadmissibility of use of force for acquisition of territories; confirm that the Nagorno-

Karabakh region is part of Azerbaijan; and demand the immediate, full and unconditional

withdrawal of the occupying forces from all the occupied territories.

The resolutions also made specific reference to violations of IHL, including the displacement of

a large number of civilians in Azerbaijan, attacks on civilians and bombardments of its territory.

27 years after their adoption, the key demands of these UN SC resolutions remain

unimplemented. At present 20 percent of the territory of Azerbaijan – Nagorno-Karabakh and

7adjacent districts are under the occupation of Armenia. One million of IDPs and refugees fled

their homes to save their lives and settled indifferent parts of Azerbaijan.

These criminal actions of Armenia shattered the foundations of IHL and were aimed at creating

a new spiral of social and humanitarian crisis by disrupting the normal life of the civilian

population in areas close to the line of contact.

Over almost 30 years, Armenia has been pursuing the aim to consolidate its occupation of this

territory and maintain the status-quo created through illegal use of force against the

sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan accompanied by heinous war

crimes, crimes against humanity, such as genocide and ethnic cleansing.

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SECTION 1. VIOLATIONS AGAINST CIVILIANS

1.1. Deaths Among the Civilian Population

The armed forces of Armenia with the use of artillery, rockets and missiles shelled Shamkir,

Beylagan, Aghdam, Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Goranboy, Tartar, Barda, Aghjabadi, Khizi, Tovuz, Yevlakh,

Gabala, Kurdemir and Ordubad districts and the cities of Ganja and Minghechevir.

It should be mentioned that Vagharshak Harutyunyan, the chief advisor of the Prime Minister of

Armenia in his interview to "Vesti" program on Russia TV channel on October 6, 2020 confessed

that strikes at peaceful settlements are of deliberate nature in order to cause panic."4

As a result of deliberate targeting of densely populated residential areas 91 civilians, including

10 children and 27 females were killed (see Annex 1). Thus, death toll among civilians has

increased by 26 in one week since the release of the 4th Interim Report on October 26, 2020.

The number of deaths among civilians in regions of Azerbaijan is as follows:

1.2. Civilian Injuries

According to preliminary estimation, totally 404 civilians were seriously wounded. 50 of them

are children and 102 females.

4 https://thehill.com/opinion/international/520382-washington-can-initiate-peace-in-the-south-caucasus;

https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/pashinyans-advisor-confirms-armenias-deliberate-attacks-on-azerbaijani-

civilian-settlements-2020-10-9-0/

Aghjabadi 1

Aghdam 7

Barda 27

Beylagan 2

Fuzuli 3

Ganja 26

Goranboy 8

Tartar 17

TOTAL 91

1 7

27

2 26 3

8

17 Aghjabadi

Aghdam

Barda

Beylagan

Fuzuli

Ganja

Goranboy

Tartar

50

102

Children

Female

Wounded children and female

Children 50

Females 102

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Below are some cases on wounded civilians:

On October 27, as a result of the 300 “Smerch” rocket attack with banned cluster munitions by

the armed forces of Armenia on the Garayusifly village of the Barda district 5 civilians were

killed, 13 others wounded, including minors - Ismayilova Aysu (2005), Alizada Elvin (2013),

Hajiyeva Ayisha (2009), Iskandarly Tahira (2017) and Karimli Shukur (2005).

On October 22, Amirbeyov Murad (born in 2003), a resident of Hajally village of the Gabala

district, received various injuries as a result of rockets launched by the armed forces of

Armenia. Five houses in the village were severely damaged.

On October 19, the Tartar district came under intensive rocket artillery fire of the armed forces

of Armenia. A resident of Alasgarli village - Salimov Niyaz (1962), was hospitalized with various

injuries as a result of a shell hitting the yard of his house.

On the same day, as a result of a shell falling on Banovshalar settlement of the Aghdam district -

Guliyeva Shamama (1955), and Guliyeva Maya (1976) were hospitalized with various injuries.

Mahiyaddinli Chichek, a resident of Pashabeyli village, was also hospitalized with various

injuries as a result of artillery shelling.

On October 17, due to the intensive rocket and heavy artillery shelling in direction of Aghjabadi

district by the armed forces of Armenia, Hajiyev Rauf (1991), a resident of the village of

Arazbar, has received various injuries as a result of an artillery shell falling on the yard of his

house, and the house itself was severely damaged.

On October 15, early in the morning the armed forces of Armenia subjected Aghdam district to

intensive rocket and artillery fire from various directions. Valiyev Shahsuvar (1969) and

Musayev Roman (1979) have been injured as a result of shelling that hit their houses in Birinji

Baharly settlement in Aghdam.

On October 14, a shell falling on the yard of a rural secondary school in the territory of Tartar

district resulted in hospitalization with various wounds of Zeynalov Ramiz (1971),

representative of Tartar District Authority for Duyarli village, Ahmadov Kamran (1966),

representative of Asgarli village and the following villagers: Aliyev Matlab (1965), Ahmadov

Khayyam (1987), Ibrahimov Ilgar (1965), Aghazade Firdovsi (1996) and Suleymanov Agha

(1960).

On the same day, Gambarov Namig (1983), an employee of the Azerbaijan Television and Radio

Broadcasting CJSC (AZTV) was hospitalized with various injuries as a result of the attack on

journalists’ vehicle by the armed forces of Armenia. On October 19, Hasanov Anar (1982), an

AZTV reporter got wounds and was hospitalized with various injuries as a result of a fire by

armed forces of Armenia.

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SECTION 2. TARGETING CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE

2.1. Targeting Public Facilities and Private Property

As of October 29, 2406 private houses, 92 apartment buildings and 423 objects of civilian

infrastructure have been damaged and have become unserviceable as a result of Armenia’s

armed attacks since September 27, 2020.

Photo 1 – 2: Residential building hit by indiscriminate shelling in the Tartar district

Photo 3 – 6: Private properties in Aghdam

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Photo 7 – 8: Tartar city cemetery after Armenia’s missile attack

Photo 9 – 11: Private property after the attack on

Barda on October 27

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Photo 12: Damaged elementary

school in the Ganja city

Photo 13 – 14: Scene evidence from the ruins in the Ganja city (17-October-2020)

Photo 15: Interior of the Imamzade mosque damaged as a result of the attack on the Ganja city

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Photo 16 – 17: Private houses of residents of Ganja after missile attacks (17-October-2020)

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Photo 18-19: Damaged secondary school No. 1 in Tartar

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PARTICULAR CONCERN IS MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ARE

BEING DELIBERATE TARGETS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF ARMENIA.

Photo 20 – 23: 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

Photo 24:

Shikar Shikarov

secondary school in

Tartar district

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2.2. Targeting Civilian Infrastructure

Vital civilian infrastructures, such as electricity, gas, water, communication stations have also

been targeted. The armed forces of Armenia targeted the Oghuz-Gabala-Baku water pipeline,

which supplies drinking water to the Absheron Peninsula and is of special strategic importance

for Azerbaijan. Air Defense Forces of Azerbaijan neutralized the missile and its parts

consequently fell in the 250 meters perimeter from the pipeline.

10 kV Telestudio overhead line from 35/10 kV Khangarvand substation in Goranboy, and the 35

kV Gulustan and 10 kV Azizbeyov, 2ndSubartesian overhead lines from 110/30/10 kV Naftalan

substation were repeatedly fired and shelled upon in Goranboy. The 0.4 kV distribution

network in Tapgaragoyunlu is badly damaged. Repair and restoration work has not yet been

possible.

10 kV AzGes No3, Sarijali No11 overhead lines from 110/35/10 kV Tartar substation and 10kV

Borsunlu No3 from 35 kV Demirchiler substation were fired upon.

35 kV Horadiz-BoyukBahmanli overhead line, as well as 10 kV Shukurbayli, Gazakhlar, Babi and

Alkhanli overhead lines from the 35/10 kV Horadiz and Mahmudlu substation was fired upon in

different places and then restored in Fuzuli. In Alkhanli and Shukurbayli villages, the 0.4 kV

distribution network is damaged and out of service.

110 kV Tazakand-1, Tazakand-2, Khindiristan-1 and Khindiristan-2 overhead lines were fired

upon in Agdam. These lines have also been restored. In Aghjabadi, 10 kV Minakhorlu from

110/35/10 kV Karabakh substation and 10 kV PMK-4 overhead line from 35/10 kV Qiyamadinli

substation were also fired upon.

According to the latest data, the gas supply of Tapgaragoyunlu village of Goranboy remains to

be limited. At present, natural gas is being supplied at about 50% of Fuzuli district. The gas

supply for 53 residential settlements has been suspended, except Tartar city and 51 villages, 25

villages of Aghjabadi, a village and 5 settlements of Aghdam.

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Photo 27-29: Barda streets after the missile attacks on October 28, 2020

Photo 25 – 26: Electricity and energy infrastructure damaged and settlements were cut from electricity

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SECTION 3. VIOLATIONS DURING THE HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE

Despite the humanitarian ceasefire agreed a few times during the month of October, armed

forces of Armenia continued to target civilian property and other civilian infrastructure in

densely populated residential areas. Below are some of those cases:

After October 11 (the day of heinous attack on Ganja) most of the casualties within one single

day among civilians have been recorded following the attacks on Ganja on October 17, 2020,

and on Barda on October 27-28.

On October 17, the Javadkhan area in the central part of Ganja was subjected to “SCUD/Elbrus”

ballistic missile attack launched from the territory of Armenia. Serious damages have been

inflicted upon civilians and infrastructure. Only in Ganja 25 civilians were killed and around 100

civilians were wounded since the humanitarian ceasefire was first agreed on October 10, 2020.

In view of systematic attacks on the city of Ganja, the following statement of Vagram Pogosian

(so called “spokesperson” of the illegal puppet regime established by Armenia in the occupied

territories of Azerbaijan) made on October 5, 2020, should be recalled: “A few more days and

I'm afraid that even archaeologists will not be able to find the place of Ganja. Get sober, before

it is too late.”5

On October 27, as a result of the 300 “Smerch” rocket attack with banned cluster munitions by

the armed forces of Armenia on the Garayusifly village of the Barda district, according to the

preliminary estimation, five civilians died, including a toddler and thirteen civilians were

injured. On October 28, around 1pm Armenia launched again 300mm “Smerch” rockets with

banned cluster munitions at densely populated areas of the city of Barda, including its business

center and surroundings. According to the preliminary reports, this act of terror by Armenia

resulted in death of 21 civilians and injuries of 70 civilians. Civil infrastructure facilities and

vehicles were extensively damaged.

Also, on October 15, the armed forces of Armenia have intentionally shelled a funeral ceremony

in the cemetery of the city of Tartar. As a result of this attack 4 civilians –Orujov Parviz (1989),

Rustamov Vasif (1962), Zamanov Shakir (1988), Amirov Isgandar (1967) have been killed and

four other civilians have been hospitalized with various injuries. Artillery shelling by the

armed forces of Armenia of the Jamilly village of the Tartar district led to death of its

two residents Anar Rasul oghlu (1994) and Guliyev Anar (1984). Shabanov Rasul (1972)

was wounded and his house severely damaged.

5 https://www.1lurer.am/en/2020/10/05/A-few-more-days-and-even-archaeologists-will-not-be-able-to-find-the-

place-of-Ganja-Poghosyan/328058

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Photo 30 – 31: Children wounded as a result of the missile attack on the city of Ganja (17-October-2020)

Photo 32 – 33: Injured residents of Ganja after the attack of the armed forces of Armenia

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Photo 34 – 37: Result of the attack of the armed forces of Armenia on the city of Barda

Photo 38: Funeral of Aysu Iskandarly

(born in 2013)killed by armed forces of

Armenia in the Garayusifly village of the

Barda district

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Photo 39: Damage inflicted upon the civilian infrastructure in the city of Ganja

Photo 40 – 41 (next page): Destroyed residential area in Ganja (birdeye view)

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Photo 42– 43: Operational-tactical missile exploded in the territory of the Ordubad district of the Nakhchivan

Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan

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Photo 44: Minghechevir, located 40 km away from the conflict zone, which also hosts the largest water reservoir in

the South Caucasus was targeted by Smerch rocket missiles by the armed forces of Armenia

Photo 45-46 (next page) : Kindergarten in the Baharli settlement of the Aghdam district damaged as a result of

artillery shelling by the armed forces of Armenia on October 26, 2020

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Photo 47-48: The Garadaghly village school ( Aghdam district) after the artillery shelling

by the armed forces of Armenia on October 26, 2020

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SECTION 4.VIOLATIONS WITH RESPECT TO CIVILIANS IN THE TERRITORIES UNDER CONTROL

OF ARMENIA

There are mass media reports indicating that Armenia does not take necessary measures with a

view to clearly distinguish journalists from combatants. Some photos suggest that in some

instances, journalists in the theatre of active military operations also act as combatants.

Photo 49 – 51: A person claimed to be a journalist wears military uniform and holds a machin gun in his hand

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There are also media footages indicating civilians, including children are recruited to

participate in the military activities.

Photo 52: Children helping soldiers to clean their guns

Photo 53: Armed forces of Armenia uses civilians to attack Azerbaijan

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Photo 54: The Armed forces of Armenia uses underage named Valeri to attack Azerbaijan

These photographic evidences testify to violation of Armenia of its obligation under Article 58

(c) of the Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, which oblige the Party to the conflict

to take all feasible precautions to protect the civilian population and civilian objects under its

control against the effects of attacks.

Furthermore, involvement of the children in armed hostilities testifies to Armenia’s violations

under Article 77 (2) of Addition Protocol I and Article 38 of the Convention on the Rights of

Child prohibiting the recruitment of children into armed forces or not allowing them to take a

direct part in hostilities.

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SECTION 5. CONCLUSIONS

The irrefutable evidence contained in the present Report reconfirms that attacks of the armed

forces of Armenia on civilian population and infrastructure in Azerbaijan is of systemic and

widespread nature. The statements by officials of Armenia and the so called “representatives”

of the illegal puppet regime established by Armenia in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan

also prove that the deliberate armed attacks on Azerbaijani civilians and infrastructure have

been preplanned and executed as a part of Armenia’s war strategy.

The new phase of aggression by Armenia unleashed in the early morning of September 27,

2020, has already led to severe violations of human rights:

1. Armenia has been making use of missiles, artillery and other weapons to target the

civilian settlements and objects as well as civilian infrastructure of vital importance

deliberately, indiscriminately and systematically which is a gross violation of IHL and

constitutes the war crime and crimes against humanity.

2. Armenia has been violating the right to life of the civilian population of the Republic of

Azerbaijan (Art 2 of ECHR).

3. The deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure resulting from

discrimination based on the nationality and ethnicity in a clear violation of Art 14 of

ECHR. Of particular notice is a deliberate targeting of IDPs, their houses and other

private property. Being victim to 1991-1994 ethnic cleansing committed by Armenia,

they became target of Armenia yet another time. This constitutes the war crime and the

crime against humanity.

4. During military operations, Armenia has intensively used weapons and methods

prohibited by IHL. Medical facilities and vehicles have been targeted in violation of

Article 35 of the First Geneva Convention of 1949.

5. Deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on educational facilities constitute a violation of

Articles 51 and 52 of the Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949. This

is also a violation of the right to education of schoolchildren residing in areas targeted

by armed forces of Armenia as stipulated, inter alia, in Article 13 of 1966 International

Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

6. Serious damage has been inflicted upon private property of civilians. As a result, their

houses, livestock, vehicles and other private property have been destroyed and

damaged, that constitutes a violation of their right to property (Art. 1 of Protocol 1 of

ECHR).

7. Armenia violates its obligations under international human rights law and humanitarian

law with respect to civilians under its own control. This includes, among others, Articles

58 (c) and 77 (c) of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, as well as Article 38

of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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This survey is far from being comprehensive. However, it demonstrates the range, variety and

consistency of Armenia’s violations of international human rights law and IHL. Armenia bears

full responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity it has committed as a matter of

the international law of State responsibility, which includes its agents and officials and those for

whom it must be deemed liable by virtue of direct instruction.

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ANNEX 1

List of 91 civilians, including 10 children and 27 women, killed by armed forces of Armenia

(27.09.2020-29.10.2020)6

Photo Name, Surname and Patronymic Date of birth

AGHDAM (7 civilians)

Elmaddin Humbat SARIYEV 05.03.1997

Eyvaz Musa RAHIMOV 07.07.1954

Gunduz Taryel HUSEYNOV 08.01.1974

Joshgun Anvar PASHAYEV 01.01.1979

Murshud Rashid MAMMADOV 16.03.1966

Samir Murshud MAMMADOV 15.04.1996

Zarifa Gamboy ALIYEVA 27.03.1945

AGHJABADI (1 civilian)

Farid Dilafat ISKANDAROV 11.08.2006

6 Information provided by the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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BARDA (27 civilians)

Aybaniz Ashraf AHMADOVA 08.01.1959

Aysu Rovshan ISKANDARLI 11.06.2013

Almaz Salah ALIYEVA 18.12.1960

Asgar Mahir ALLAHVERDIYEV 04.02.1983

Amil Fazil JAFAROV 22.07.1990

Aghamoglan Baylar GULIYEV 26.03.1947

Charkaz Khanlar MIRZALIYEV 15.03.1972

Dayanat Tahir KAZIMOV 30.04.1990

Ehtiram Khalil ISMAYILOV 11.01.1980

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Fazil Haji HAJIYEV 01.09.1969

Fuad Isa ISMAYILOV 29.12.1988

Gulshan Mehrab HUSEYNOVA 07.01.1972

Hummat Suleyman SULEYMANOV 23.09.1955

Intigam Alamdar KHIDIROV 25.12.1977

Javid Ali RUSTAMOV 14.03.1975

Leyla Elmir MUSTAFAYEVA 21.09.1969

Maharram Anvar MUSTAFAYEV 26.02.1971

Mirsahir Yusif AHMADOV 09.04.1980

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Ofelya Majid JAFAROVA 10.03.1970

Rashad Vagif SHAFIYEV 13.10.1991

Ruslan Mahammad ABBASOV 01.11.1984

Shahriyar Isa MEHDIYEVA 26.03.1961

Sadiq Sahib ALIYEV 18.01.1993

Solmaz Sadraddin GASIMOVA 21.06.1961

Tukazban Charkaz MIRZALIYEVA 01.10.1995

Vasif Vagif ISMAYILLI 08.12.1990

Yalchin Rizvan ISGANDAROV 19.05.1984

BEYLAGAN (2 civilians)

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Arzu Isgandar ASADOVA 15.12.1998

Zulfiyya Isgandar ISMAYILOVA 04.12.1976

FUZULI (3 civilians)

Emil Elshad GULIYEV 14.02.2000

Ikhtiyar Ajdar SAFAROV 12.02.1971

Murad Tahir RUSTAMOV 16.02.1990

GANJA (26 civilians)

Adil Hamza ALIYEV 14.04.1992

Afag Aziz ALIYEVA 27.09.1957

Anar Adil ALIYEV 31.07.1982

Artur Ramiz MAYAKOV 09.01.2007

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Bakhtiyar Suliddin ASGAROV 28.12.1980

Durra Hilal JAFAROVA 17.04.1967

Gunay Zahid ALIYEVA 31.01.1992

Jeyhun Jamal ALASGAROV 01.12.1958

Khatira Ramiz KHALILOVA (GAHRAMANOVA) 02.08.1986

Laman Ramin GAHRAMANOVA 16.04.2002

Madina Royal SHAHNAZARLI 02.06.2019

Maral Yunis YUSIBOVA xx.xx.1963

Maryam Goshgar KHALILLI 03.08.2014

Nazrin Teymur ASGAROVA 05.12.2014

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Nigar Azer ASGAROVA 18.10.2005

Nuraddin Polad AGHAYEV 01.01.1943

Nurchin Emin ALIYEVA 06.03.1987

Orkhan Goshgar KHALILLI 29.04.2009

Ramiz Yusif BAGHIROV 26.04.1958

Royal Yusif SHAHNAZAROV 18.01.1986

Sevil Suliddin ASGAROVA 22.11.1982

Suliddin Ismayil ASGAROV 25.12.1948

Tarana Pasha ALASGAROVA 28.01.1965

Tunar Goshgar ALIYEV 22.05.1999

Ulvi Jeyhun ALASGAROV 23.07.1990

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Zuleykha Nizami SHAHNAZAROVA 19.02.1996

GORANBOY (8 civilians)

Afag Damir AMIROVA 12.01.1981

Elbrus Isa GURBANOV 24.11.1951

Fidan Elshan GURBANOVA 01.03.2006

Flora Garash ZIYADOVA 09.05.1967

Raziya Bayramali ABBASOVA 18.01.1955

Shafayat Novruz GURBANOVA 22.02.1956

Shahriyar Elshan GURBANOV 30.11.2007

Turyan Tofig GULIYEVA 23.04.1957

TARTAR (17 civilians)

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Adavat Zahid AKHUNDOV 01.05.1969

Anar Tofig GULIYEV 23.05.1985

Anar Rasul ISAKHLI 30.05.1997

Ayna Muhammedali MEHTIYEVA 20.06.1965

Elshan Asif ABBASOV 04.10.1987

Khalig Asif ABBASOV 24.07.1981

Hasan Asif MAMMADOV 01.02.1981

Isgandar Yelmar AMIROV 18.02.1967

Mehman Sovet ALIYEV 04.09.1977

Muzaffar Ali ALIYEV 27.08.1971

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Orkhan Rahbar ISMAYILZADA 02.04.2004

Parviz Novruz ORUJOV 10.06.1989

Sabit Usub ASADOV 22.07.1981

Shahin Mahmud IBRAHIMOV 24.12.1987

Shakir Khasay ZAMANOV 25.04.1988

Vasif Bahadur RUSTAMOV 07.03.1960

Zabil Mahammad HASANOV 01.06.1983

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