Introduction Since December 12, 2022, Azerbaijanis, referring to themselves as “eco-activists” and backed by the government of Azerbaijan, blockaded the Lachin Corridor, the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. The Lachin Corridor is Nagorno-Karabakh’s only transportation corridor that provides food, medicine and supplies to the Armenian population. Due to this ongoing blockade, the 120,000 Armenians...
Q&A Session Cultural Heritage at Stake: How to Preserve, Mitigate Damage, and Punish Destruction moderated by Arsine Grigoryan, Esq. (CFTJ) Speakers: Simon Maghakyan – Lecturer, University of Colorado, Denver, USA Alexander Herman – Director, Institute of Art and Law, London, UK Yelena Ambartsumian – General Counsel, ZUVIC, Westport, USA
1.0 Introduction 1.1 The Center for Truth and Justice (“CFTJ”) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, California. CFTJ has been documenting human rights violations and war crimes against Armenians since the 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh. CFTJ set up a fact-finding infrastructure in the region and has been collecting first-hand testimonies from...