U.S. Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission to hold hearing on blockade of Lachin Corridor

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. The United States Congress Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission will hold a hearing on September 6 on the ongoing blockade of the Lachin corridor. This will be the second hearing on Nagorno-Karabakh this year at the commission.

Luis Moreno Ocampo, the former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, released his personalExpert Opinionon August 7, stating that “there is a reasonable basis to believe that a Genocide is being committed against Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023” and emphasizing that under the Genocide Conventions all states have a “duty to prevent” genocide. At the hearing Mr. Ocampo will present his Expert Opinion on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission said in a press release.

David L. Phillips,Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, and Director of Columbia University’s Artsakh Atrocities Project, will testify on facts relevant to gathering the intent of the government of Azerbaijan, including as available on the web page “Atrocities Artsakh.”

This hearing will be open to Members of Congress, congressional staff, the interested public, and the media. The hearing will be livestreamed via the Commissionwebsite.

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing on June 21 on Safeguarding the People of Nagorno-Karabakh.