European Court Rules in Favor of Armenia’s Request for Interim Measures on Attacks

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favor of an application by the Armenian government, which filed a request from the court seeking application of interim measures against Azerbaijan, Armenia’s Representative before the European Court of Human Rights Yeghishe Kirakosyan reported.

“The ECHR calls upon both Azerbaijan and Armenia to refrain from taking any measures, in particular military actions, which might entail breaches of the Convention on the rights of the civilian population,” said Tuesday ruling.

“The Court calls upon both Azerbaijan and Armenia to comply with their engagements under the Convention, notably in respect of Article 2 (right to life) and Article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman treatment) of the Convention and to report urgently on undertaken measures
“ECHR has asked both Contracting Parties (Armenia and Azerbaijan) to inform the ECHR, as soon as possible, of measures taken to comply with their conventional obligations,” said the court in its ruling,” explained the ruling.

In its application to ECHR on Monday, Armenia requesting that the court direct Azerbaijan:

to cease the military attacks towards the civilian settlements along the entire line of contact of the armed forces of Armenia and Artsakh;

to stop indiscriminate attacks;

to stop targeting civilian population, civilian objects and settlements.

These interim measures are requested under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, which authorizes the imposition of such interim or emergency measures where there is an imminent risk of irreparable harm.