The ECtHR’s Jurisprudence on Armed Conflict with a Focus on Nagorno-Karabakh

Abstract The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, a long-standing territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, has produced severe humanitarian and legal challenges. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has played a crucial role in addressing some of these challenges. The paper examines the Court’s evolving jurisprudence on the conflict, focusing on landmark judgments, such as Chiragov v. Armenia and Sargsyan v. Azerbaijan , as well as on ongoing inter-State cases Armenia v. Azerbaijan , A