Nagorno-Karabagh: Legal Aspects

“Since a proper understanding of Nagorno-Karabagh problem is complicated both by geopolitical changes and by frequent and deliberate misinterpretation and misrepresentation of Karabagh’s history and legal status, we aim at presenting a brief overview of the issue from a legal point of view and demonstrate that Nagorno-Karabagh has never been part of independent Azerbaijan. Even a brief study of the legal background of the problem provides a basis to believe that Nagorno-Karabagh, apart from its historic and cultural rights, also has full legal foundations inits claims for independence or reunification with Armenia”