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'''Law enforcement in the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]]''' is inconsistently enforced, as the region is a [[de facto]] [[independence|independent]] [[republic]] officially part of the Republic of [[Azerbaijan]], and is governed by the unrecognized [[National Assembly of Nagorno Karabakh]]. According to a report prepared by British parliamentarian and rapporteur [[David Atkinson]], presented to Political Affairs Committee of the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] (PACE), "the borders of Azerbaijan were internationally recognised at the time of the country being recognised as independent state in 1991," and "the territory of Azerbaijan included the Nagorno-Karabakh region."<ref name=10264-1>Mr [[David Atkinson]], United Kingdom, European Democrat Group, (Rapporteur) [http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/doc04/EDOC10364.htm The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference], [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]], [[29 November]] 2004</ref> Therefore, law enforcement in Nagorno-Karabakh would in theory be the responsibility of [[Law enforcement in Azerbaijan|the Azerbaijain police]]. 

However, the community of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic created, on [[May 9]] [[1992]], the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army]], uniting previously disorganized self-defense units which were formed in the early 1990s in order to protect the ethnic Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh from the attacks by the military of the [[Soviet]] and [[Azerbaijan]]i forces. Currently Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army is around 15,000-20,000 well-trained and equipped officers and soldiers. It consists of infantry, tanks, artillery and anti-aircraft systems.<ref>[http://www.nkrusa.org/country_profile/nkr_army.shtml Office of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Washington D.C.] (Accessed February 13, 2006)</ref> Since the end of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh War]] in [[1994]], most of Nagorno-Karabakh and several regions of Azerbaijan around it remain under joint [[Military of Armenia|Armenian]] and [[Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army|NKR Defense Forces]] control, thus splitting the responsibility unevenly between security forces of the two parties, the [[OSCE Minsk Group]] mission, and the [[United Nations]].

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