Armenian MP responds to Azerbaijani counterpart 

ArmInfo.It turns out that in Azerbaijan, well known for war crimes, a Committee on Human Rights exists, Taguhi Tovmasyan, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on  Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, RA National Assembly,  has written in a Facebook post.  

The following statement by Z. Orcu as a chair of some committee on  human rights of the parliament of Azerbaijan is spread on the mass  media: Azerbaijan took over Shushi by war and will take over Yerevan  by peace. 

I draw my international colleagues' attention on the fact that this  human rights official essentially ignores the key provisions  referring to the protection of inalienable, universal rights, states  are obliged to adhere to in their international relations. In  particular, with such a statement the chair of the committee on human  rights of the parliament of Azerbaijan welcomes Azerbaijan's  following behavior: Azerbaijan, violating the fundamental principles  of refraining from the threat or use of force, peaceful settlement of  disputes stipulated in the UN Charter, the OSCE Helsinki Final Act,  also laid down on the basis of the negotiations on the peaceful  settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict in the framework of the  OSCE Minsk Group, launched a large scale military aggression against  Artsakh, used weapons prohibited by General International Law,  targeted Artsakh's civilians and civilian infrastructures.  

Unfortunately, the killings of thousands of people as a consequence  of Azerbaijan's war crimes do not matter to this human rights  official anyway.

J. Orca, committed to the logics of Azerbaijan's conquering policy,  refers to the taking over of the capital of the subject of the  International Law, Republic of Armenia, which is surely a flagrant  violation of the International Law.

Referring to the mentioned by J. Orca peace, I would like to stress:

Your peace manifests itself as following:

Daily using of firearms and grenade launchers;

Killings and causing injuries to the Armenian civilians and  servicemen, direct targeting at the civilian population;

holding Armenian prisoners of war and civilians as hostages,  extrajudicial killings of the captured Armenian servicemen and  civilians; 

enforced disappearance;

torture, other cruel and inhuman treatment of civilians, including  women;

Ethnic hatred against Armenians, carrying out the state policy of a  new genocide against Armenians;

Blocking Artsakh and its connection with the world;

Blocking of food supply for children, gross violation of their right  to life;

Blocking of the necessary medical care for the injured;

Disregard of the International Humanitarian Law generally.

Just worth mentioning: Your peace agenda is so fake that the  International Court of Justice ordered Azerbaijan to:

1. "Protect from violence and bodily harm all persons captured and  remained in detention in relation to the military conflict of 2020,  as well as ensure their security and equality before the law";

2. "Take all necessary measures to prevent the incitement and  promotion of racial hatred and discrimination, including by its  officials and public institutions, targeted at persons of Armenian  national or ethnic origin".

At the same time you can take note that the Concluding Observations  of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on  the fulfillment of the obligations undertaken by Azerbaijan under the  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination  include cases of gross human rights violations committed by  Azerbaijan during the aggression against Artsakh in 2020 and beyond.

In order to get informed about the shameful state of human rights in  your country you can follow the link below and read Freedom House's  Freedom in the World - Azerbaijan Country Reports 2021, 2022:   https://freedomhouse.org/country/azerbaijan