Recently, in Azerbaijan there has been a trend of intolerance where 11 followers of the Ahmedi faith were arrested for openly practicing their beliefs as members of the Religion of Peace and Light.
An organization ironically called European Center for Law and Justice initiated a petition demanding the suspension of Azerbaijan’s membership in the Council of Europe. A closer look at the petition reveals its contradiction with both law and justice.
With an estimated 26,000 people a year becoming landmine victims, this indiscriminate weaponry poses one of the most challenging threats to human life and dignity and thus affects inalienable fundamental human rights.
The UN human rights machinery has a key role in addressing the negative impact of landmines, explosive remnants of war and other improvised explosive devices on the enjoyment of human rights of mine victims in the context of humanitarian mine action. It can also be instrumental in bringing to the fore the utmost importance of providing international assistance in mine action including protection and restoration of inalienable human rights of mine victims.
The side event intends to discuss humanitarian mine actions in light of this very role of the UN human rights machinery. It also aims to raise awareness on the importance of full and effective protection of fundamental human rights when related to humanitarian mine action. Other objectives of the event include exploring effective ways to address the humanitarian, socio-economic and environmental impact of landmines, explosive remnants of war and other IEDs; highlighting the importance of international cooperation and assistance in mine action which aims at eliminating the threat posed by mine contamination to the security of States and safety of their populations, facilitating post-conflict rehabilitation, including the return of refugees and IDPs to their homes, and contributing to sustainable peace and development.
Anti-Vallex Karabakh Human Rights Campaign starts investigative publications about untold story of massive rights violations, corruption, environmental abuse and political manipulation behind hand-made humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Considering all the above stated CAP Freedom of Conscience is launching Karabakh Human Rights Awareness Campaign to alarm international actors on the state of human rights of Karabakh Armenians and to promote lasting peace in the region. Since the “Vallex group companies” activities in the region represent symbolize deprivation of basic human rights of Karabakh residents we chose the title “Anti-Vallex” as the motto of the campaign.
