Request for Urgent Intervention by the United Nations Secretary-General

To: António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General Dear Mr. Guterres, The undersigned civil society organizations call for your intervention in relation to the human rights emergency in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) caused by the total blockade of the Lachin corridor –  the only lifeline that connects the local Armenian people to the Republic of Armenia as well as to the outside world, with…

Special Report on the Damages and Threats to the Armenian Cultural Heritage as a Result of Armenphobic Policies of Azerbaijan

AUTHORS Transparency International Anticorruption Center Democracy Development Foundation Protection of Rights Without Borders Helsinki Citizens Assembly Vanadzor Law Development and Protection Foundation Transparency International Anticorruption Center   Description On April 18, 2023, the International Day for Monuments and Sites a group of civil society organizations in Armenia published a special report on the Damages and Threats to the Armenian Cultural…

Armenian CSOs request urgent OHCHR mission to Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia

With the initiative of the Democracy Development Foundation (DDF), about 20 civil society organizations of Armenia submitted a joint letter to the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Volker Türk, calling on the Commissioner’s office to take immediate measures regarding the human rights emergency in Nagorno Karabakh. “We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are writing to bring your attention…

Request for Urgent Intervention by the Office of High Commissioner

To: Volker Türk, United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Dear Mr. Türk, We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are writing to bring your attention and request your urgent intervention in what we believe to be a pressing human rights emergency in Nagorno-Karabakh in the face of a growing risk of military escalation, leading to possible crimes against humanity and…

Statement of civil society organizations of Armenia connection with the killing of three servicemen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakհ by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces

We, the following civil society organizations of Armenia, request the international partners to strongly and unequivocally condemn the killing of three servicemen of the Passport and Visa Department of the Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakհ by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on 5 March 2023. We believe that an organized attack of this nature could take place…