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International Court of Justice applies interim measures against  Azerbaijan

International Court of Justice applies interim measures against  Azerbaijan

ArmInfo. The International Court of Justice has today delivered its Order on the request for the indication of  provisional measures made by Armenia in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan).

As the Court's Press Release reports, in its Order, which has binding  effect, the Court indicates the following provisional measures: 

"The Republic of Azerbaijan shall, in accordance with its obligations  under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of  Racial Discrimination, (i) ensure that persons who have left  Nagorno-Karabakh after 19 September 2023 and who wish to return to  Nagorno-Karabakh are able to do so in a safe, unimpeded and  expeditious manner; (ii) ensure that persons who remained in  Nagorno-Karabakh after 19 September 2023 and who wish to depart are  able to do so in a safe, unimpeded and expeditious manner; and (iii)  ensure that persons who remained in NagornoKarabakh after 19  September 2023 or returned to Nagorno-Karabakh and who wish to stay  are free from the use of force or intimidation that may cause them to  flee;"

 "The Republic of Azerbaijan shall, in accordance with its  obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of  All Forms of Racial Discrimination, protect and preserve  registration, identity and private property documents and records  that concern the persons identified under subparagraph (1) and have  due regard to such documents and records in its administrative and  legislative practices;"

"The Republic of Azerbaijan shall submit a report to the Court on the  steps taken to give effect to the provisional measures indicated and  to the undertakings made by the Agent of the Republic of Azerbaijan,  on behalf of his Government, at the public hearing that took place on  the afternoon of 12 October 2023, within eight weeks, as from the  date of this Order."

The court made this decision with 13 votes in favor and 2 votes  against.

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