*** PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE 24TH OF JUNE BUT NOW IS ON THE 29TH **
The second Karabakh war saw a new round of mass dispossession in a region long home to such humanitarian crises. Once again families fled, and homes were destroyed, leaving the dispossessed in temporary, transient situations in those areas of Karabakh/Artsakh outside of Azerbaijan's control, and in the Republic of Armenia itself. This, by any good sense definition, epitomises the experience of refugees seen worldwide, and yet legally speaking Artsakh/Karabakh's dispossessed cannot be termed as such. In a situation which mirrors other regional conflicts, from Cyprus to Palestine and South-East Turkey, they are denied the protections provided for refugees in international humanitarian law. So where does this leave people on the ground?
To mark refugee month, AI is hosting a discussion on Artsakh/Karabakh's dispossessed, their legal status, their current situation, and their future prospects.
We're honoured to be joined by Artak Beglaryan, former Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Artsakh and current Chief of Staff of the President of Artsakh, and Gulnara Shahinian, an international expert on human rights and slavery, with the discussion chaired and led by Dr. Armine Ishkanian, Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity programme, based at the International Inequalities Institute, LSE.
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