A Staff Member of the Ombudsman Office participated in the International Conference

The Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) held an international conference on "International Humanitarian Law and Promoting Mental Health in the Armed Forces" in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Ms. Raida Amirbayova, the Head of the Monitoring Unit at the Ombudsman Office, took part in the international training, which was attended by 23 representatives from 10 countries. 

During the conference, while speaking at the session on "Promotion of International Humanitarian Law" ("hereinafter referred to as IHL"), the representative of the Ombudsman Office briefed on the norms of IHL violated by Armenia in the First and Second Karabakh wars, as well as the massive mining of Azerbaijani territories by the Armenian armed forces and illegal armed groups during the occupation and the failure of it to hand over accurate mine maps to our country. In her speech, R. Amirbeyova also gave information that Azerbaijan has not yet been provided with information on the persons who went missing in the First Karabakh War and that during the Second Karabakh War, Ganja, Barda, and other big cities were attacked with prohibited weapons under the instructions given by the Armenian military and political authorities, and children were involved in military operations against Azerbaijan and Armenia's other war crimes.

The facts of torture and inhumane treatment of Azerbaijani POWs and hostages during their captivity in Armenia, which were revealed during the investigations conducted by the Ombudsman while visiting those released from captivity after the end of the Second Karabakh War, have been brought to the attention of the participants.

In the discussions during sessions, the representative of the Ombudsman informed the participants about the consecutive visits of the National Preventive Group conducted to the institutions where Armenian citizens, who were arrested for committing criminal acts in our liberated territories as terrorist-sabotage groups, were held. It was also said that during the systematic visits, the requirements of the legislation were observed, their rights were ensured, and they were provided with the necessary medical and psychological services.