Justice for the Victims of the Nagorno–Karabakh Conflict: Ongoing Accountability Efforts and the Path to the International Criminal Court
Paylan, Sheila and Ashraph, Sareta · 2026
Examines the September 2023 mass exodus of over 100,000 ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh and the legal implications of Armenia's ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC. Analyzes potential ICC intervention focused on the crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution, drawing on the Court's Rohingya territorial-jurisdiction approach. Assesses complementary accountability avenues before the ECtHR and ICJ and the obstacles Armenia faces. The corresponding author is based in Yerevan.
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Paylan, Sheila and Ashraph, Sareta 2026. Justice for the Victims of the Nagorno–Karabakh Conflict: Ongoing Accountability Efforts and the Path to the International Criminal Court. Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford Academic), advance article mqaf055; DOI 10.1093/jicj/mqaf055. https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqaf055
What this offers a reader
Clear entry point to how international criminal law could apply to the 2023 Artsakh displacement.
Peer-reviewed international-law analysis; useful for atrocity-crime and jurisdiction scholarship.
Lays out the concrete legal routes to hold Azerbaijan accountable for Artsakh.
Explains whether and how the world's courts can deliver justice for the Armenians forced out of Karabakh.
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