Roots of the Demarcation Issue
The November 10 ceasefire agreement ended the 2020 Artsakh War, but the issue of demarcating the new state borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been a major concern since then.
Lusine Sargsyan holds an MSc in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a BA in English and Communications from the American University of Armenia (AUA). Prior to pursuing a master's degree, she worked at EVN Report producing in depth analysis of a wide range of human rights issues in Armenia. She also worked at Armenia's Constitutional Court and interned at Armenia's two diplomatic missions, the Embassy of Armenia to the United Kingdom and the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations. Lusine is interested in a range of subject areas in public international law, including international criminal law, laws of war and international human rights law.
The November 10 ceasefire agreement ended the 2020 Artsakh War, but the issue of demarcating the new state borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been a major concern since then.
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