Episode 3: Interview with Dr. Gurgen Petrossian on Legal Responses to the Artsakh War
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In this episode, Anti-Genocide Coffee Break podcast hosts speak with Dr. Gurgen Petrossian, LL.M. (Heidelberg), a senior researcher at Frederick Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany, and head of its International Criminal Law Research Group. He is also Chairperson of the German-Armenian Lawyers' Association.We speak with Dr. Petrossian about the German Armenian Lawyers Association and a new claim they have submitted against Azerbaijan in the German courts for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Second Artsakh War in 2020.As part of this discussion, we cover, among other subjects:- An overview of the history of the Artsakh territories, including the first and second wars;- Azerbaijani propaganda and anti-Armenianism;- Turkish foreign policy;- International law related to atrocity crimes;- "Genocidal intent" in law and practice;- Germany's recent history with universal jurisdiction; and- The role of domestic courts in genocide prevention.
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