Karabakh to seek international condemnation of Azerbaijan for humiliation and desecration of Armenian dead soldiers' bodies
11.04.2016,
15:16
The authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) will seek the strictest condemnation of Azerbaijan by the international community for humiliation and desecration of the Armenian soldiers' bodies, killed in the hostilities on April 2 -5 on the line of contact and the punishment of the people guilty of this war crime, the Nagorno-Karabakh foreign ministry said.
YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. The authorities of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) will seek the strictest condemnation of Azerbaijan by the international community for humiliation and desecration of the Armenian soldiers' bodies, killed in the hostilities on April 2 -5 on the line of contact and the punishment of the people guilty of this war crime, the Nagorno-Karabakh foreign ministry said.
The NKR State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons under the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman carried out the exchange of dead soldiers’ bodies on 10 April near the village of Bash-Karvend.
The bodies of 18 NKR soldiers, killed during the latest upsurge of violence, were handed to the Karabakh side. The State Commission in the presence of ICRC staff recorded that the bodies were subjected to humiliation and desecration.
"This act, being a flagrant manifestation of anti-humanism, runs contrary to the laws and customs of war and is a grave infringement of international humanitarian law, in particular, the requirements of the 1st Geneva Convention of 1949 for the Amelioration of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field, the third Geneva Convention of 1949 on the Treatment of Prisoners of war, as well as of the 1st Additional Protocol of 1977 to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts," the Karabakh ministry said.-0-
The NKR State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons under the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Office of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman carried out the exchange of dead soldiers’ bodies on 10 April near the village of Bash-Karvend.
The bodies of 18 NKR soldiers, killed during the latest upsurge of violence, were handed to the Karabakh side. The State Commission in the presence of ICRC staff recorded that the bodies were subjected to humiliation and desecration.
"This act, being a flagrant manifestation of anti-humanism, runs contrary to the laws and customs of war and is a grave infringement of international humanitarian law, in particular, the requirements of the 1st Geneva Convention of 1949 for the Amelioration of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field, the third Geneva Convention of 1949 on the Treatment of Prisoners of war, as well as of the 1st Additional Protocol of 1977 to the Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949, relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts," the Karabakh ministry said.-0-
