International Association of Genocide Scholars adopts resolution on genocidal actions in Nagorno-Karabakh

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, ARMENPRESS. The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) has adopted a resolution regarding Nagorno Karabakh, Suren Manukyan, a genocide scholar, said on Facebook.

He emphasized that the IAGS is the largest and most prestigious organization dedicated to the study of genocides, with approximately 700 scholars as members.

According to the resolution, the Organization declares:

1.The blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh from December 2022 to September 2023, including the closure of the Lachin Corridor, was characteristic of actions considered imposing conditions of life designed to bring about the physical destruction of the ethnic Armenians in the territory and caused serious mental and bodily harm to the Armenians in the territory, which are recognized as genocidal crimes under the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. 

2. The forced removal of ethnic Armenians in September and October 2023 through siege and bombing is ethnic cleansing and the crime against humanity of deportation or forcible transfer of population (forced displacement). 

3. The bombing of civilian areas is a violation of international humanitarian law; 

4. The torture and killing of ethnic Armenian prisoners of war and civilians is a violation of international humanitarian law.