Center for Truth and Justice calls on Baku to allow international lawyers to observe trials of Armenian captives
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The Center for Truth and Justice (CFTJ) has formally requested Azerbaijan to grant visas for a team of distinguished international lawyers to observe the upcoming trials of eight Armenian prisoners.
Set to begin on January 17, 2025, these trials will take place behind closed doors in Baku and involve leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh who have faced fabricated charges and prolonged detention without proper legal representation or family contact, CFTJ said on X.
CFTJ’s President Gor Mnatsakanyan emphasizes the urgency of international trial monitors to ensure transparency and adherence to fair trial standards. The international monitors awaiting visas from Azerbaijan include Ana Maria Careaga, Director of the Instituto Espacio para la Memoria and Director of the Institute for Human Rights Studies at Atlantida University; Claudia Viviana Rocca, lawyer and President of the Argentine Association of Jurists, Professor at the National University of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and National University of Moreno, Argentina; Irene Victoria Massimino, lawyer and expert in human rights and international criminal law; Former Rapporteur of the High Criminal Court of Buenos Aires; Professor of Law; USA; Avi Singh, Senior Advocate and International Criminal Lawyer.
CFTJ calls on Azerbaijan to act immediately to grant access and ensure the safety of these monitors.
CFTJ is a US-based non-profit organization composed of attorneys, advocates, and professionals dedicated to amplifying the voices of victims affected by war crimes, displacement, mass atrocities, and genocide. CFTJ is home to over 600 testimonies from victims of war crimes.