Several international law experts in Germany, along with organizations and foundations working on genocide prevention and human rights, have appealed to the German government with a request to help stop the violence being perpetrated against the Armenian population by Azerbaijan.

In particular, on August 21, 2025, Dr. Tessa Hoffmann, President of the non-profit working group “Recognition Against Genocide”; Dr. John Eibner, President of International Christian Solidarity; Sarah Reinken, Executive Director of Germany’s Society for Threatened Peoples; Jonathan Spangenberg, President of the Central Council of Armenians in Germany; Valerio Krüger, Head of Public Relations at the International Society for Human Rights (IGFM); and the St. Stephen Foundation for Persecuted Christians addressed a letter to Germany’s Foreign Minister, Dr. Johann Wadephul, proposing key steps for resolving outstanding issues in the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process.

The authors of the appeal insist that Azerbaijan must immediately cease the destruction of Nagorno-Karabakh’s (Artsakh’s) religious, cultural, and historical heritage.

The co-authors further emphasize that the protection of the rights and the security of Armenians forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh must be an essential component of the peace process. They call on the German government to work in cooperation with the European Union and its member states and to play an active, principled role in advancing peace, assuming its share of responsibility in the process.

German human rights experts have described the destruction of monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh, the violence inflicted upon the Armenian population, and the forced displacement as genocide.

They also point to the position of international law experts that the Armenian population’s decision to leave was driven by Azerbaijan’s attack and nine months of deprivation—and that these actions, according to those experts, meet the definition of genocide under Article 2(b) of the Genocide Convention.