(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 23
Trend:
Azerbaijan has filed a lawsuit against Armenia in the International Court of Justice, the main judicial organ of the United Nations, for violation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Trend reports citing the website of the international court.
The lawsuit states that Armenia has committed and continues to commit a series of discriminatory actions against Azerbaijanis on the basis of their national or ethnic origin: "The Applicant claims that“through both direct and indirect means, Armenia continues its policy of ethnic cleansing”, and that it“incites hatred and ethnic violence against Azerbaijanis by engaging in hate speech and disseminating racist propaganda, including at the highest levels of its government”. Referring to the period of hostilities that erupted in autumn 2020, Azerbaijan contends that“Armenia once again targeted Azerbaijanis for brutal treatment motivated by ethnic hatred”. Azerbaijan further contends that“Armenia's policies and conduct of ethnic cleansing, cultural erasure and fomenting of hatred against Azerbaijanis systematically infringe the rights and freedoms of Azerbaijanis, as well as Azerbaijan's own rights, in violation of CERD”.
In the Application, Azerbaijan claims, inter alia, that Armenia's policy and practice of anti-Azerbaijani discrimination“has had both the purpose and effect of nullifying and impairing the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Azerbaijanis in violation of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of CERD”. Azerbaijan adds that“[t]he Parties' attempts to negotiate a settlement of Azerbaijan's claims over the last ten months have resulted in deadlock”. Azerbaijan therefore requests the Court“to hold Armenia accountable for its violations” under the CERD and to“redress the harm thereby visited on Azerbaijan and its people”.
As a basis for the Court's jurisdiction, Azerbaijan invokes Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court and Article 22 of the CERD, to which both States are parties.
The Application also contains a Request for the indication of provisional measures, filed pursuant to Article 41 of the Statute of the Court and Articles 73, 74 and 75 of the Rules of Court. According to the Applicant, the purpose of its Request is“to compel Armenia to abide by its international obligations under CERD and protect Azerbaijanis from the irreparable harm caused by Armenia's ongoing conduct”, pending the Court's determination of the case on the merits. Azerbaijan thus requests the Court to indicate certain provisional measures“as a matter of urgency”.
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