I call on Azerbaijan
to immediately release all Armenian prisoners of war and civilians held captive
in Azerbaijan from the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Everyone deprived of
their liberty for reasons related to the armed conflict should be returned
immediately after the cessation of hostilities and without any preconditions.
It should be
considered exclusively in the context of human rights and the
humanitarian process as an international requirement which is to be
automatically applied.
Delaying the return of
Armenian prisoners of war and civilians undermines human dignity and seriously
violates the fundamental requirements guaranteed by the Geneva Conventions.
This grossly undermines the post-war humanitarian processes and the
international human rights mandates.
The release of the
captives and their safe return require immediate resolution.
Mr. Josef Siegele
Secretary General of
the European Ombudsman Institute
26.02.2021թ.
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