Azerbaijan Considering Adding Article On Ecocide To Its Criminal Code
Date
12/28/2022 7:10:42 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) By trend
An article on ecocide may be added to the Criminal
Code of Azerbaijan, Chairman of Azerbaijan's Presidium of the Bar
Association Anar Baghirov told reporters, trend reports.
'It is widely known that Armenians have seriously
damaged the ecology of Azerbaijan. This process is still going on.
The Azerbaijani Bar Association is sensitive to these issues.
Therefore, the criminal law group acting as part of the collegium
has prepared relevant proposals,' he said.
'We propose to add to the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan
an article on ecocide in order to bring to justice in the case of
the detection of environmental terror. The presence of such an
article may prevent cases of ecocide in the future. I hope that the
relevant institutions will approve this issue and the article will
be added to the Criminal Code,' he added.
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