BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 17. The assertion of
the “Khojaly: Recognize to Reconcile” International Coalition has
been circulated as a doc of the 52nd session of the UN Human
Rights Council, which is able to start its work on February 27, 2023,
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The assertion reads as follows:
- Justice and Peace go hand in hand, it’s a momentum to deal with
the battle associated traumas, results of conflict crimes and mass
violations of worldwide regulation perpetrated previously with the
intention to put a stable floor for peace to come back. - It can also be vital since this yr marks the thirtieth tragic
anniversary of bloodbath in Khojaly, as soon as a city with greater than 6000
robust Azerbaijani inhabitants. On the night time of February 26, 1992,
the Armenian armed forces seized the city and brutally murdered 613
harmless civilians, together with 63 youngsters, 106 ladies, and 70
elderlies, in addition to severely injured 487 individuals. - In its judgment of April 22, 2010, the European Court of Human
Rights arrived at an vital conclusion with respect to the
crimes dedicated in Khojaly, denouncing the habits of these
finishing up the atrocities as “acts of specific gravity which
could quantity to conflict crimes or crimes in opposition to humanity”. National
legislative our bodies of 17 international locations in addition to a number of worldwide
organizations characterize the bloodbath of civilians in Khojaly as
against the law in opposition to humanity and an act of genocide. - It is regrettable that the democratization course of in Armenia
and rejection of the legacy of the “corrupt earlier
administration” has not affected the difficulty of Khojaly – the crime
which the nation’s similar former leaders have been straight concerned
in and thus are straight accountable for. - As leaders each in Armenia and Azerbaijan have not too long ago
introduced their willingness “to turn the page” and begin “period of
peace within the area”, it’s time for robust worldwide
mediation, first on civil society degree, to finish the impunity and
silence, render justice for Khojaly but additionally to assist communities in
each international locations to beat the shadow of the tragedy by
recognition, dialogue, and supreme reconciliation.
In this regard, the aims of the “Khojaly: Recognize to
Reconcile” coalition are:
- To facilitate direct dialogue between Azerbaijanis and
Armenians, aimed toward overcoming recollections of battle and collectively
discovering methods for reconciliation and sustainable peace; - Thus, encouraging Armenia to correctly acknowledge Khojaly
bloodbath and provide a public apology to its victims; and inspiring
Azerbaijan for opening up public house for direct dialogue on the
concern at palms between the civil societies of the 2 international locations –
could be an vital cornerstone for reconciliation efforts; - The mere recognition of fallacious doings of the previous is of crucial
worth for the peace to come back. The denial of against the law results in its
rationalization and thus “normality” in public notion.
The coalition was created by quite a lot of human rights
organizations from Italy, France, Hungary and Denmark. It additionally
consists of such well-known public figures within the area of human
rights safety because the president of the “Mothers of Srebrenica
Association” and the previous OSCE Rapporteur on Religious
Minorities. The coalition was established through the Italian Senate
Conference on transitional justice in March 2022.
The coalition introduced its intention to facilitate the dialogue
between the Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society, aimed toward
overcoming the collective psychological trauma of the battle
previous.