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Yerevan says Azerbaijan is systematically eradicating all traces of ethnic Armenians within the disputed area.
Armenia claimed within the UN's high court docket that Azerbaijan has “accomplished” the ethnic cleaning of Nagorno-Karabakh.
In a case introduced by Yerevan towards its caucus neighbor and rival over alleged discrimination and ethnic cleaning, Armenia's attorneys informed the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday that Baku will “erase all traces of the presence of ethnic Armenians” within the disputed territory. Was once”. ,
Armenia's consultant Yeghishe Kirakosyan claimed, “After threatening to take action for years, Azerbaijan has accomplished the ethnic cleaning of the area.”
The 2 Caucasian nations have been contesting the Nagorno-Karabakh area within the three a long time because the collapse of the Soviet Union. Yerevan has tried to attract worldwide consideration to the mountainous area because it took management of Baku in a army operation in September.
The ICJ case filed by Armenia in 2021 accuses Azerbaijan of glorifying racism and permitting hate speech towards Armenians and destroying Armenian cultural websites.
Armenia mentioned Azerbaijan had been put in breach of a UN anti-discrimination treaty. Baku has denied all of the allegations towards him.
The case stems from the 2020 struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh, which left greater than 6,600 folks useless, certainly one of three full-scale conflicts the pair have fought over the difficulty.
Azerbaijan's armed forces recaptured the mountainous area in September after years of ethnic Armenian management, forcing most ethnic Armenians to flee to Armenia.
Kirakosyan mentioned that Baku is “now consolidating (its management over Nagorno-Karabakh) by systematically erasing all traces of the presence of ethnic Armenians, together with Armenian cultural and spiritual heritage”.
He informed the judges that Baku was “more and more portraying Armenia's human rights claims … as some form of problem to the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.”
“Azerbaijan could be very mistaken. Armenia has no claims to the territory of Azerbaijan and can be dedicated to establishing situations for real and lasting peace,” the lawyer burdened.
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On Monday, the primary day of hearings, Azerbaijan informed the court docket that the majority of Armenia's complaints don’t fall throughout the scope of UN conventions.
Baku's attorneys additionally accused Armenia of failing to truly interact in negotiations, a pre-requisite underneath the treaty to convey the case to the ICJ.
Kirakosyan rejected the claims. “Armenia negotiated with Azerbaijan in good religion and mentioned issues far past the purpose of utility,” he mentioned.
In November, the court docket issued emergency measures within the case, ordering Azerbaijan to permit ethnic Armenians who fled Nagorno-Karabakh to return.
Azerbaijan says it has promised to make sure the protection of all residents no matter nationwide or ethnic origin, and that it has not compelled ethnic Armenians to depart Karabakh.
The listening to will solely contain authorized objections to the ICJ's jurisdiction and won’t deal with the deserves of discrimination claims. A last choice in each instances may take years and the ICJ has no solution to implement its selections.