Lawyers representing Armenia have urged the International Court of Justice to dismiss a case filed by Azerbaijan over the disputed Karabakh region. Azerbaijan initiated proceedings accusing Armenia of ethnic cleansing in 2021, shortly after Armenia brought its own case against Azerbaijan stemming from the 2020 Karabakh war. Armenia contests the court’s jurisdiction in the Azerbaijani case, arguing that most of the allegations date back to an earlier conflict. The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination serves as the basis for the case. Despite the court’s previous orders for both parties to reduce tensions, the region remains disputed, with Azerbaijan gaining control over parts of the region in 2020 and 2023.
