On 7 December 2021, the International Court of Justice delivered its orders on the requests for provisional measures made by Armenia and Azerbaijan in the proceedings instituted against one another under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (the “CERD”). The decisions reflect the Court’s acceptance of numerous critical arguments […]

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On 18 February 2021 the European Court of Human Rights delivered the decision of Samadov v. Armenia (application no. 36606/08). The applicant was allegedly forced to flee from his home and property in Kalbajar (a district surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh) in 1993. The present application had been introduced in 2008 more than six years after Armenia’s ratification of […]

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On 4 October 2020 the European Court of Human Rights received a request for an interim measure, lodged by Armenia against Turkey, concerning the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The request was examined by a Chamber of seven judges on 6 October 2020. The Court notes that on 29 September 2020 it called upon both Azerbaijan and […]

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On 29 September 2020, with regard to the request of the Armenian Government to apply interim measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, the Court has decided to apply it. In particular, considering that the current situation gives rise to a risk of serious violations of the Convention, the Court (a Chamber of […]

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On 27 September 2020, he Republic of Armenia, following Azerbaijani attackes on peaceful settlements of the Republic of Artsakh, including the capital Stepanakert,  has lodged a request with the ECHR to apply interim measure under Rule 39 of the Rules of the Court in respect of Azerbaijan: to cease the military attacks towards the civilian […]

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