SPECIAL REPORT ON THE DAMAGES AND THREATS TO THE ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A RESULT OT ARMENOPHOBIC POLICIES OF AZERBAIJAN
On April 18, 2023, the International Day for Monuments and Sites a group of civil society organizations in Armenia published a SPECIAL REPORT ON THE DAMAGES AND THREATS TO THE ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A RESULT OT ARMENOPHOBIC POLICIES OF AZERBAIJAN. The report has been sent to the representatives of UNESCO and UN Special Rapporteurs responsible for the protection of the cultural heritage and religious freedoms.
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The organizations call the international actors to
- Condemn intentional destruction, damage, misappropriation, desecration of Armenian religious, cultural and historical sites and artefacts, demand prompt investigation and punishment of cases of vandalism by Azerbaijan;
- Urge Azerbaijan to immediately end the targeting of cultural heritage sites and demand recognition, respect and protection of all the cultural property sites under the control of Azerbaijan, in accordance with international conventions as well as UN Resolution 2347 on the protection of the cultural heritage located in conflict zones;
- Promote visits of technical missions of relevant bodies and mandate-holders to Nagorno-Karabakh places of threatened cultural heritage and proper reporting on the state of the movable and immovable cultural heritage on the territories under the control of Azerbaijan.
The report has been prepared by the undersigned organization:
Transparency International Anticorruption Center
Democracy Development Foundation
Protection of Rights Without Borders
Helsinki Citizens Assembly Vanadzor
Law Development and Protection Foundation
Transparency International Anticorruption Center
