March 18, 2024

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"Summary"

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In light of the fifth periodic report of the Republic of Azerbaijan (“Azerbaijan”) which addresses improvements made by the Republic related to torture in the country for the period of 2016-2019, submitted to the United Nations Committee against Torture (“the Committee”), for consideration under Article 19 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“the Convention”) at its 79th session, Coalition of NGOs based in Armenia and Artsakh have filed the following report which addresses torture cases systematically implemented by representatives of Azerbaijani origin against Armenian soldiers as well as civilians, with a case-by-case analysis leading to an identification of actions in question being motivated by systematic hatred based on racial discrimination and ethnic origin.

Moreover, the report draws a separate connection between those cases and an exceptional level of impunity associated with the latter, indicating that Azerbaijan not only failed to fulfil its obligation to follow conventional provisions and follow up on preventing and punishing torture cases as such, but also, a continuous encouragement and fostering of such incidents may additionally be identified as a common, calculated pattern.