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In 1993, the Ministry of the Interior of Azerbaijan ordered that troops “in zones of combat, during military operations … must not desecrate the remains of enemies”.
Azerbaijan, Ministry of the Interior, Command of the Troops of the Interior, Order No. 42, Baku, 9 January 1993, § 5.
Azerbaijan’s Criminal Code (1999) provides that “pillage of property of persons killed … on the battlefield” constitutes a war crime in international and non-international armed conflicts.