The fact that Nagorno-Karabakh is under the sovereignty of theRepublic of Azerbaijan is accepted undisputedly not only in the frameworkof the Alma-Ata Declaration but was also accepted during the examinationof the memberships of Azerbaijan and Armenia to the United Nations. Inaddition, the four resolutions of the UN Security Council adopted in 1993,embracing the same approach, highlighted that the Nagorno-Karabakhconflict shall be resolved in accordance with the principles of territorialintegrity and inviolability of borders of Azerbaijan. The Minsk Group, which was established within the OSCE in 1996, hasfocused on the self-determination formula since 1998 to submitrecommendations on this issue. However, the implementation of theResolution 1514(XV) on the granting of independence to colonial countriesand peoples is legally impossible in this case, since Nagorno-Karabakh isunder the sovereignty and within the territorial integrity of a State and it isnot considered as a “colonial country”. Moreover, it is also impossible to implement the articles of the UN GeneralAssembly Resolution 2625(XXV) regarding the self-determination in case ofthe non-existence of widespread human rights violations and oppressions. On the other hand, the Chiragov judgement of the ECHR established that self-determination cannot not be introduced as a realistic settlement formula withregards to Nagorno-Karabakh, which is under the military, political, andeconomic influence of Armenia.