UN International Court of Justice to deliver order on Azerbaijan’s claim against Armenia on December 7

On December 7, 2021, the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver its Order on the request for the indication of provisional measures made by the Republic of Azerbaijan in the case concerning the Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Azerbaijan v. Armenia), e-huquq.az informs referring to the Court.

The President of the Court, Judge Joan E. Donoghue, will read out the Court’s Order at a public sitting at the Peace Palace in The Hague to be held following the delivery of its Order in the case concerning Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Armenia v. Azerbaijan).

In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, only Members of the Court and representatives of the States Parties to the case will be present in the Great Hall of Justice.

In October, the UN International Court of Justice held a two-day hearing on the claim of Azerbaijan against Armenia in connection with the violation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. At the meeting, the representative of the Azerbaijani side, Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov called on the court to take a number of temporary restrictive measures against Armenia.