The Responsibility to Protect Armenians

More than 120,000 Armenian civilians in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh are facing a dire situation, with some warning of an impeding genocide.

On 7 August, former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo published a report asserting that “the blockade of the Lachin corridor by the Azerbaijani security forces impeding access to any food, medical supplies, and other essentials should be considered a Genocide” under Article II (c) of the Genocide Convention.

The event will give an outline of the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, evaluate the violations of international law by Azerbaijan, and discuss the international responsibility to protect the Armenians.

Speakers:

• Frank Chalk, Founding Co-Director and former Research Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies,.
• Lernik Hovhannisyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Republic of Artsakh [NKR].
• Gegham Stepanyan, Ombuds person, Republic of Artsakh [NKR]

Moderator:

• Kyle Matthews, Executive Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia University.

*This event will be hybrid.