Saturday, September 30 2023 10:05

ArmInfo. The Republic of Armenia, referring to Article 41 of the Statute and Article 73 of the  Rules of Court, submitted a request to the Court yesterday for the indication of provisional measures, "to preserve and protect rights enshrined in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ('CERD')", the Press Release of the court reports.

According to the source, "Armenia requests the Court to indicate the  following provisional measures, and to reaffirm Azerbaijan's  obligations under the Orders it has rendered in this case, in  particular those of 7 December 2021 and 22 February 2023:  "1)  Azerbaijan shall refrain from taking any measures which might entail  breaches of its obligations under the CERD; 

2) Azerbaijan shall refrain from taking any actions directly or  indirectly aimed at or having the effect of displacing the remaining  ethnic Armenians from NagornoKarabakh, or preventing the safe and  expeditious return to their homes of persons displaced in the course  of the recent military attack including those who have fled to  Armenia or third States, while permitting those who wish to leave  NagornoKarabakh to do so without any hindrance; 

3) Azerbaijan shall withdraw all military and law-enforcement  personnel from all civilian establishments in Nagorno-Karabakh  occupied as a result of its armed attack on 19 September 2023; 

4) Azerbaijan shall facilitate, and refrain from placing any  impediment on, the access of the United Nations and its specialized  agencies to the ethnic Armenians of Nagorno- Karabakh, and shall not  interfere with their activities in any way; 

5) Azerbaijan shall facilitate, and refrain from placing any  impediment on, the ability of the International Committee of the Red  Cross to provide humanitarian aid to the ethnic Armenians of  Nagorno-Karabakh, and shall cooperate with the International  Committee of the Red Cross to address the other consequences of the  recent conflict;

6) Azerbaijan shall immediately facilitate the full restoration of  public utilities, including gas and electricity, to Nagorno-Karabakh,  and shall refrain from disrupting them in the future; - 2 - 

7) Azerbaijan shall refrain from taking punitive actions against the  current or former political representatives or military personnel of  Nagorno-Karabakh; 8) Azerbaijan shall not alter or destroy any  monument commemorating the 1915 Armenian genocide or any other  monument or Armenian cultural artefact or site present in  Nagorno-Karabakh; 

9) Azerbaijan shall recognize and give effect to civil registers,  identity documents and property titles and registers established by  the authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh, and shall not destroy or  confiscate such registers and documents; 

10) Azerbaijan shall submit a report to the Court on all measures  taken to give effect to this Order within one month, as from the date  of this Order, and thereafter every three months, until a final  decision on the case is rendered by the Court."