Azerbaijan’s Policy of Ethnic Cleansing against the Armenian Population of Artsakh after the 44-Day War

This article intends to present the terrorist criminal actions of Azerbaijan carried out continuously and widely against the people of Artsakh after the 2020 44-day war, as well as to provide the goals of these actions and their legal qualification within the framework of international law. The work was done by means of historical research, analysis of norms of international law, court rulings, and scientific doctrines, as well as research and comparison of factual circumstances relevant to this article. In the end, it has been concluded that the crimes committed by Azerbaijan against the people of Artsakh are not isolated, local incidents, but a continuation of a systematic and widespread deliberate state policy planned and carried out for decades, having the goal of achieving the final depopulation of Artsakh.