Military Trophy Park (Baku)

40°22′35″N 49°52′23″E / 40.37639°N 49.87306°E / 40.37639; 49.87306

The Military Trophy Park (Azerbaijani: Hərbi Qənimətlər Parkı), also referred to as War Trophies Park is a public park in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, containing war trophies seized by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the Armenian Army and the Artsakh Defence Army during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

News of the park led to widespread condemnation in Armenia due to its display of helmets of dead Armenian soldiers and wax mannequins of Armenian troops. The Armenian government accused its Azerbaijani counterpart of publicly humiliating the memory of those killed in the war, with Armenia's ombudsman calling it a "clear manifestation of fascism". Several international journalists called the park "barbaric", and international observers also criticized the park. The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concerns over the inauguration of the park and its display of "dehumanising scenes".

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the other hand, stated that "this practice exists in military museums in many countries of the world" and that "Azerbaijan has every right to perpetuate its victory through parades, parks, etc". The wax figures and the helmets were removed from main display in October 2021, though a couple of helmets were left in the trenches. The employees of the park were cited saying that the models and helmets had been sent for repairs, but that it was not clear when they would be returned. Armenia's representative at ICJ Yeghishe Kirakosyan emphasized this was done in the period after Armenia filed the lawsuit at the ICJ, adding that Armenia was still demanding the full closure of the park.