Armenia`s first ombudsman: "The end comes when a nation pronounces  its own death sentence"

ArmInfo. The end comes when a nation pronounces its own sentence of death. This viewpoint was expressed by Larisa Alaverdyan, Armenia's first ombudsman and advocate for human rights, while commenting to an ArmInfo  correspondent on the statement made by the Prime Minister's Office  regarding the potential request to the OSCE to dissolve the Minsk  Group (the only international structure with a mandate to resolve the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict).

Alaverdyan confirmed that the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group  could cause serious harm. However, she emphasized that the future of  Artsakh depends solely on the will of the Armenian people. The human  rights advocate also emphasized the importance of framing the issue  of the return of the Artsakh population correctly. She explained that  this issue has two aspects: the first is political, which  necessitates active discussion at all levels, and the second is  practical, involving the implementation of the tasks set. "Few people  today can offer a specific action plan. Until a  Nuremberg Trials  like event  (the first and key trial in a series of trials of a  number of war criminals of Nazi Germany - ed.) is held against  Azerbaijan for their crimes against the Armenian people, it is  premature to consider a return to obscurity, or, more precisely, to a  tragic reality," Alaverdyan noted. 

However, Alaverdyan argues that possibility of return hinges on the  pursue of moral goals, such as justice, through moral methods and a  high level of intelligence. "The strength of the national liberation  movement was in the desire for an indisputably moral goal - the  restoration of justice based on the rule of law.  Armenia is not a  weak and powerless state; rather the country and its people have been  captured by an intellectually bankrupt and intentionally destructive  government. Therefore, I will never agree with the statements about  the impossibility of return: I firmly believe that return is possible  and worth fighting for," Alaverdyan concluded.