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Apart from a number of statements and videos, the fact of the use of phosphorus weapons by Azerbaijan during the 44-day war was also confirmed by an expert examination (Statement of the Prosecutor\u2019s Office of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh): https:\/\/t.ly\/gSTR<\/a> ). This was stated in the Facebook post of Artsakh Human Rights Defender Gegham Stepanyan.<\/p>\n \u201cIn 2020 Human rights defenders of Armenia and Artsakh published a joint Ad Hoc Public Report On The Use Of Incendiary Ammunition Of Mass Destruction (Incendiary Weapon) Against Civilian Objects Of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) By The Azerbaijani Armed Forces. https:\/\/artsakhombuds.am\/hy\/document\/761<\/a><\/p>\n As part of the fact-finding work carried out by the Human Rights Defender of Artsakh, a number of videos testifying to the use of phosphorous weapons were found and examined, and soldiers with various degrees of chemical burns were treated in Artsakh and Armenian medical institutions.<\/p>\n The expert conclusion summed up the whole picture, which has been voiced for two years. The examination results are irrefutable evidence that during the 44-day war, Azerbaijan committed war crimes, ignoring the norms of international humanitarian law and the obligations assumed thereby.<\/p>\n The phosphorus weapon:<\/p>\n 1. has the nature of mass destruction,<\/p>\n 2. is capable of causing significant human losses, causing suffering,<\/p>\n 3. is capable of causing significant damage to the surrounding natural environment,<\/p>\n 4. its application to the civilian population is prohibited.<\/p>\n The international community does not have the right to ignore the facts that testify to the criminal goals and actions of Azerbaijan and to believe the false and groundless \u201cguarantees-promises\u201d of Azerbaijan,\u201d Stepanyan stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n