Azerbaijani Lawyer: Armenia's Claims Once Again Rejected By International Courts
Date
7/16/2023 8:06:03 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) As in all democratic, sovereign states, Azerbaijan has
established a border checkpoint at the entrance to the Lachin road
to protect its territorial integrity and state borders. This is a
sovereign right to protect the borders of the State of
Azerbaijan.
According to Azernews , Khayala Abdullazade, a
member of the Bar Association, has told Azertag.
Concerned about this, Armenia applied to the European Court of
Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding the application of temporary
security measures. Under Article 39 of the Rules of Procedure of
the ECtHR, the Court may order provisional measures binding on any
Contracting Party. Security measures are, according to case law,
extraordinary measures that are only applied when there is an
imminent risk of irreparable harm.
According to her, on July 12 of this year, the European Court of
Human Rights ruled on the application of temporary security
measures in the court case of Armenia against Azerbaijan that the
request of this country dated June 21, 2023 is completely
unreasonable. In other words, with its decision, the European Court
of Human Rights once again confirmed the groundlessness of
Armenia's demand "to remove all obstacles to the movement of
traffic along the Lachin corridor and to inform the Committee of
Ministers about it". Thus, the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
was once again recognized.
The European Court of Human Rights did not find that the border
crossing impeded the movement of traffic along the Lachin road and
that it did not violate its decision of December 21, 2022 to take
measures within the jurisdiction of Azerbaijan to ensure the safe
passage of persons in need of medical assistance.
"At the same time, the International Court of Justice, the
principal judicial organ of the United Nations, recently issued its
next judgment on Armenia's complaint. According to the July 6, 2023
decision of this court, in order to modify the February 22, 2023
decision regarding the application of the International Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, its May
12 petition was rejected unanimously.
In our view, the International Court of Justice once again
recognized the right of independent Azerbaijan to control its
borders. Thus the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan was once
again confirmed. These decisions taken by both the ECtHR and the
International Court of Justice are progressive and worthy of
approval. These decisions once again showed the world community
that Azerbaijan legally defends its sovereignty within the
framework of international law," Abdullazadeh said.
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