ABSTRACT
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict is one of the gravest conflicts in the modern history of mankind. This conflict still poses a considerable threat to international peace and security as well as to the welfare of the states in the region of the South Caucasus. Human rights in general and humanitarian aspects of the conflict as well as international criminal justice will be excluded from the overview of international law in the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. The dispute over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh first arose between Armenia and Azerbaijan when these countries had their first chance to become sovereign independent states in 1918 after the revolution in the Russian Empire. The international community has condemned the occupation of Azerbaijani territories and the aggression of Armenia many times in multiple international legal instruments and called for and demanded the withdrawal of Armenian Armed Forces from the occupied Azerbaijani territories on several occasions to no avail.
