The UN International Court of Justice has satisfied two of Armenia's three preliminary objections to Azerbaijan's lawsuit over the events in Nagorno-Karabakh, but confirmed the existence of its jurisdiction over Baku's lawsuit against Yerevan, the court's president Nawaf Salam announced.
The UN International Court of Justice in The Hague is ruling Tuesday on Azerbaijan's preliminary objections to Armenia's lawsuit, as well as Armenia's objections to Azerbaijan's lawsuit over the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The judge announced at the hearing that the court granted Yerevan's first and third objections to Baku's lawsuit and rejected the third.
“The court unanimously decided that jurisdiction under Article 22 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is subject to paragraphs 1 and 3 of this operative part for the consideration of the claim filed by Azerbaijan,” Salam said.
Thus, the court intends to consider Azerbaijan's lawsuit against Armenia.
On September 16, 2021, Armenia filed a lawsuit against Azerbaijan in the UN court, accusing it of racial discrimination against Armenians. The lawsuit noted that Azerbaijan “supported a policy of hatred against Armenians, as a result of which they were subjected to discrimination, mass murder and torture.” In September of the same year, Azerbaijan filed a counterclaim against Armenia in court, accusing it of discriminatory actions in the region against Azerbaijanis.
On September 19, 2023, after months of blockade of Karabakh, Baku launched a military operation there, one of the goals of which was to dissolve the authorities of the unrecognized republic. A day later, with the mediation of Russian peacekeepers, a ceasefire agreement was reached, with the disarmament of Armenian formations among the conditions. Several rounds of talks between representatives of Karabakh and Baku took place afterwards, dedicated to the integration of the region into Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that the country has restored its territorial integrity, and the unrecognized authorities of the region announced the “self-dissolution” of the unrecognized republic from January 1, 2024. Starting from September 24, 2023 until the end of the month, more than 100,000 residents left Karabakh for Armenia.
On September 28, 2023, Armenia filed a new lawsuit with the UN International Court of Justice calling for interim measures against Baku because of the escalation of the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. Yerevan asked the court to order Baku to refrain from any measures that may entail a violation of the convention on racial discrimination and any actions that may directly or indirectly lead to the displacement of the remaining ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh or prevent the safe and rapid return of people to their homes, as well as to withdraw its military and law enforcement personnel from civilian facilities.
Azerbaijan rejected Armenia's accusations of “ethnic cleansing” in Karabakh and promised to create safe conditions for the return of Karabakh Armenians to their homes.
The UN court ruled on November 17, 2023, that Azerbaijan must ensure the safe return of Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh.
Reprinted from https://ria.ru/
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