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KARABAKH CANNOT APPEAL TO HAGUE COURT: SABINE FREIZER
Tert.am
30.07.10
The recent ruling of UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) over
the legality of the declaration of Kosovo's independence cannot be
considered as precedent for other frozen conflicts, Director of Europe
Program of the International Crisis Group, Sabine Freizer told RFE/RL
Azerbaijani service.
The expert also said that the ICJ wanted by that ruling to simply
make it clear that the declaration of Kosovo's independence does not
run counter the international law.
Asked about the consequences should Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia
or Transnistria appeal to ICJ for their recognition, Freizer said that
unrecognized republics cannot file a lawsuit at the ICJ, adding that in
case of Kosovo it was as Serbia who had brought the case to the court.
"To defend its claim in that international court Karabakh should be
backed by the majority of UN General Assembly members. The same is
necessary to do also in the [UN] Security Council. Karabakh is not a
[UN] member, therefore it cannot do that," said she.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
30.07.10
The recent ruling of UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) over
the legality of the declaration of Kosovo's independence cannot be
considered as precedent for other frozen conflicts, Director of Europe
Program of the International Crisis Group, Sabine Freizer told RFE/RL
Azerbaijani service.
The expert also said that the ICJ wanted by that ruling to simply
make it clear that the declaration of Kosovo's independence does not
run counter the international law.
Asked about the consequences should Karabakh, South Ossetia, Abkhazia
or Transnistria appeal to ICJ for their recognition, Freizer said that
unrecognized republics cannot file a lawsuit at the ICJ, adding that in
case of Kosovo it was as Serbia who had brought the case to the court.
"To defend its claim in that international court Karabakh should be
backed by the majority of UN General Assembly members. The same is
necessary to do also in the [UN] Security Council. Karabakh is not a
[UN] member, therefore it cannot do that," said she.
From: A. Papazian