Law enforcement in the Republic of Artsakh

Law enforcement in the Republic of Artsakh is inconsistent, as the region is a de facto independent republic and officially part of Azerbaijan.[1] Law enforcement in Nagorno-Karabakh is the responsibility of the Interior Ministry and the NSS.

Police of Artsakh
Main article: Ministry of Internal Affairs (Artsakh)

After the creation of Nagorno-Karabkh Autonomous Oblast within Azerbaijan SSR, on 4 August 1923, the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was established. In the years following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Republic of Artsakh created its own police force. In 2001, the National Assembly's law "On Police" was adopted on 30 November 2006. On 11 March 2014, Police Day in Artsakh was declared for 16 April.[2] The police force follows an organization similar to that of the Police of Armenia.

National Security Service

Artsakh has its own National Security Service, based on the NSS of Armenia.[3] It is a republican body that elaborates and implements the policies of the government in the national security sector.[4] By decree of the NKR Supreme Council adopted on 18 January 2006, the NKAO State Security Department was named the State Department of National Security under the NKR Council of Ministers. By order of the NKR National Assembly on 26 November 2003, the NKR laws "On National Security Bodies" and "On Service in National Security Bodies" were adopted. The current activities of the NSS are based in the decrees of 25 September 2012.[5] The NSS is currently headed by Lieutenant General Kamo Aghajanyan.[6]

See also

References
  1. Mr David Atkinson, United Kingdom, European Democrat Group, (Rapporteur) The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 29 November 2004
  2. "Պատմություն - ԱՐՑԱԽԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՈՍՏԻԿԱՆՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ". www.police.nkr.am. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  3. LLC, Helix Consulting. "Police – Other state governing bodies – Government – Government of Artsakh Republic". gov.nkr.am. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  4. LLC, Helix Consulting. "National Security Service - Other state governing bodies - Government - Government of Artsakh Republic". gov.nkr.am. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  5. "ԱՀ ԱԱԾ". www.nssartsakh.am. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  6. "Kamo Aghajanyan is appointed Karabakh National Security Service director". news.am. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
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