VIOLATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW DURING THE THIRD ARTSAKH WAR

Abstract

On September 27, as a result of the military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan, not only the basic principles of international law (jus cogens) underlying the negotiation process for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, such as the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes and the principle of respect for the right of nations to self-determination, but also the other fundamental norms and principles of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, were grossly violated. The purpose of this article is to investigate the violations of the principles of international law and international humanitarian law during the third Artsakh war. For this purpose, relevant international legal acts, theoretical literature, as well as specific cases of violations of international law and principles of international humanitarian law have been studied. During the research, the author applied both symmetrical (analysis, historical principle) and special (comparative-legal) principles. As a result of the research, we came to the conclusion that in the third Artsakh war, gross violations of international law and the principles of international humanitarian law took place.