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Publicly documented releases, humanitarian access, proceedings and efforts to account for missing persons.
Azerbaijan transferred four Armenian prisoners from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia on 14 January 2026.
France’s 19 January official statement expressly confirms the 14 January transfer. The event date differs from publication; the record does not imply release of all detainees.
The parties carried out the detainee releases announced on 7 December: 32 Armenian servicemen and two Azerbaijani servicemen.
The EU Council’s institutional report explicitly dates implementation to 13 December. This record separates actual release from the earlier commitment.
The parties announced releases of 32 Armenian and two Azerbaijani servicemen, alongside reciprocal COP29-related support.
The joint announcement promised confidence-building steps and continued talks. It records the commitment on 7 December, not execution of the exchange that day.
The Minsk Group Co-Chairs welcomed the release of three named Armenian detainees and urged completion of the exchange process.
The date is the OSCE statement’s publication date, not a separately verified transfer date.
Armenia records a further five-person return facilitated by Russian peacekeepers.
Armenia’s OSCE delegation reported the 9 February transfer at its 11 February statement. The record is distinct from the January batch; Armenia’s broader allegations in the statement are not adopted as findings.
The September 2024 report recommends stronger coordination, data systems, forensic capacity and participation of missing persons’ families.
Recommendations do not establish implementation. The cover supplies a month, not an exact publication day.
The Netherlands announced funding for ICMP to assess missing-persons processes in Armenia and Azerbaijan, including forensic capacity and family participation.
This records a funded assessment announcement, not completed searches or identifications.
ICMP reported government-invited meetings on locating people missing from the conflict and said it would propose practical measures.
Cooperation talks do not establish that a missing person was located or identified.
ICMP’s 2023 annual highlights report support to Armenia’s forensic centre through profiling of 200 challenging post-mortem samples and work towards laboratory accreditation.
Samples are not persons or confirmed identifications. Only year precision is available for this work.
ICRC representatives from Geneva visited conflict-related detainees in Azerbaijan in December 2025.
The ICRC FAQ updated 30 April 2026 states the month only. It calls this the latest visit at that update; no exact day or later visit is inferred.
The ICRC announced that its delegation would close on 3 September following an Azerbaijani government decision, while humanitarian dialogue would continue.
The publication announces an institutional closure; it does not establish the outcome of any detainee’s case.
At a Baku conference, ICMP called for Armenia–Azerbaijan cooperation involving families, forensic institutions and shared information to account for missing persons.
An institutional call and assessment proposals are not proof that a joint recovery or identification process has been completed.
A selected evidence register, not a complete census. Each entry includes its source and the limits of what can be concluded.
Records are organised by country and category, then by date. Event and publication dates are distinguished. Announcements do not establish delivery; a reported allegation is not a judicial finding. Historical records do not establish a person’s or programme’s current status.