Yuri Barseghov was an international law expert, Juris Doctor, professor, member of the United Nations" International Law Commission, the special assistant of the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General at the United Nations Secretariat, director of the Armenian Institute of International Law and Political Science and a Foreign Member of the Armenian Academy of Sciences.
Career
His most famous work was a three-volume collection of documents titled "The Armenian Genocide: Turkish responsibility and obligations of the international community. Documents and Comments" was published in 2005. This year he also published the first volume of his collected papers on Nagorno-Karabakh.
He was an author of over 300 articles on international relations and law published in Russia, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Finland, Armenia and United States.
Membership
Barseghov was also a member of the Maritime Law Association and the International Law Association of Russia.