Armenia prepares to sue Azerbaijan for war crimes at ICC
FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
YEREVAN, February 14. /ARKCA/. Armenia is carrying out preparatory work for filing lawsuits against Azerbaijan at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Armenian Representative for International and Legal Affairs Yeghishe Kirakosyan told Armenian Public Television on Tuesday.
Kirakosyan explained that the lawsuits refer, in particular, to the forced displacement of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as the war crimes committed by Azerbaijan in September 2022.
At the same time, he refrained from presenting details and timelines of the first lawsuits. “There is quite a large body of evidence that is being evaluated,” he added.
On October 3, 2023, the National Assembly of Armenia voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the
