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given to the European Union, Greece, the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees and the administrative authorities of Türkiye. The European Union was
recommended to abandon its policy of "preventing migration at all costs", and Greece
was called to "end the systematic push-back practices from land and sea".

The aforementioned report was announced to the public with the “Human Rights
Drowning in the Aegean” program held at the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye on
16.06.2022, in which the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye and the
representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees of Türkiye were present,
and the summary of the report was translated into English and sent to the relevant
institutions.
On-site Investigation Report on Human Rights in Karabakh

Karabakh, which has been a host to many civilizations
throughout history, is a part of the Azerbaijan State
under international law. It has been the subject of
violence and wars between Armenia and Azerbaijan
since 1988. Eventually, on the morning of 27
September 2020, the Armenian Armed Forces broke
the ceasefire and intensely fired at the Azerbaijani
army and the Tartar, Aghdam, Fuzuli and Jabrayil
raions with heavy weapons. The conflicts, which
shifted from the battlefield to the civilian settlements
ON-SITE INVESTIGATION REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN KARABAKH
and costed the lives of many civilians, ended with the
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Kavaklıdere Mah. Zeytindalı Cad. No: 4 Çankaya/ANKARA declaration signed between Armenia, Azerbaijan and
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/TRombudsman the Russian Federation on 10 November 2020. With
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the aforementioned declaration, Armenia's occupation
of Azerbaijan's lands came to an end. Hundreds of
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thousands of people, who had to leave their homes
due to the conflicts and occupation, had the opportunity to return to their homes. On
the other hand, during the occupation period, many regions, primarily Agdam, were
mined by Armenia. In addition, the properties of the people who had to leave their
homes were destroyed and the insides of the houses were emptied. In this process, the
natural environment has also been severely damaged.

With the special report, it was aimed to reveal the human rights violations caused by
Armenia in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and to stimulate Armenia to give the
mine maps to Azerbaijan immediately.

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