The UN Working Group on
the Use of Mercenaries issued a statement on November 11 expressing concern
over the use of mercenaries by Azerbaijan during hostilities in
Nagorno-Karabakh and calling for their immediate removal. The statement
contained allegations made earlier by the Defender to the Working Group.
Starting from October
3, the Human Rights Defender of Armenia submitted 4 applications to the UN
Working Group. The applications contained the analysis of the evidence and
presented the latter to the UN with regard to the recruitment, transfer and
remuneration issues of mercenaries.
The Human Rights
Defender received official confirmation that his applications had been
processed separately.
The UN Working Group on
the Use of Mercenaries has expressed concern over Turkey's alleged role in
sending armed groups from Syria to Azerbaijan. In particular, the terrorists
went to Azerbaijan to make a profit, given the difficult economic situation in
the Syrian Arab Republic. In the event of their death, their relatives were
reportedly promised financial compensation and Turkish citizenship.
Moreover, it was noted
that the Syrian militants who moved to Azerbaijan are allegedly affiliated with
armed groups and individuals, who are accused of war crimes and serious human
rights violations during the Syrian conflict; thus seemingly perpetuating a
cycle of impunity and risking further abuses of international law.
The Working Group
strongly on the sides, and the States supporting them, to immediately withdraw
any mercenaries and related actors and not to engage in further recruitment,
funding and deployment of mercenaries.
The experts of the
Working Group conveyed their concerns about the above-mentioned allegations
directly to the governments of Azerbaijan and Turkey and informed the Syrian
Arab Republic.
The Human Rights
Defender of Armenia considers that individual work with international bodies is
crucial to achieve the record that mercenary terrorists have committed war
crimes and atrocities.
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