British diplomat: It’s time to recognize Nagorno Karabakh as an
independent state
by Tatevik Shahunyan
ARMINFO
Saturday, October 5, 17:26
It’s time to recognize Nagorno Karabakh as an independent state, said
a human rights barrister, top QC Geoffrey Robertson at an
international conference Artsakh Liberation Struggle: From Gulistan
Till Our Days that has kicked off in Stepanakert.
He said that the international legislation is developing a clause
stipulating for bypassing of the territorial integrity principle where
a crime against humanity was perpetrated. As he noted, the
international law provides a right for secession when the nation’s
fundamental rights are violated. He said that Nagorno Karabakh became
part of Azerbaijan as a result of historical injustice. “It’s time to
recognize Nagorno Karabakh as an independent state,” he said and
recalled Monaco and Liechtenstein and even Vatican.
He recalled the final criteria of statehood set in the Montevideo
Convention: permanent population, a defined territory; government; and
capacity to enter into relations with the other states.
Nagorno-Karabakh has all criteria to be named an independent state, he
said for conclusion.
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