The government of Yerevan has announced that it will join the International Criminal Court on February 1, 2024. It seems that the Armenians, who are not ashamed of what they have done, are now knocking on the doors of the international court. At the moment, the main goal is to judge Azerbaijan for the "deeds" it has committed. But is this really possible, let's see.
It should be mentioned here that Azerbaijan is a member of the IEC, but not a member of the ICC. There are certain differences between the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The UN Court of Justice is one of its main institutions. It was established in 1945 as part of the UN. It is important that member states are represented in this body. In contrast, the International Criminal Court is a newly created institution. It was founded on June 1, 2002, and started operating in March 2003. Both courts are headquartered in The Hague. Although they are very similar in purpose, there are very important differences between these two courts.
The main differences are as follows: membership in IEM is mandatory. If any state becomes a member of the UN, it automatically enters the jurisdiction of the ICJ. There is no such obligation in BCM. Any state can accept or withdraw from the Rome Statute. A state that has withdrawn from the Rome Statute cannot be judged by the ICC.
But what is interesting is that it is obvious that BCM does not comply with this condition. For example, although Russia withdrew from this statute, the ICC issued a verdict on Putin. This fact itself is a sign that the ICC does not adhere to its charter
Another important difference is that the ICJ judges states. BCM has no such authority. The ICC can only prosecute individuals. The jurisdiction of the ICJ is to give a legal assessment of how many international laws have been implemented or not. The ICC considers only 4 types of crimes. These are crimes against humanity, genocide, war crimes and crimes of aggression.
Decisions made by the IEC must be approved by the UN Security Council. This avoids the responsibility of the states with the right of veto. The UN Security Council cannot veto the verdicts issued by the ICC. It is for this reason that countries with the right of veto, such as the USA, China, and Russia, have not accepted the Rome Statute and do not recognize the ICC.
However, it is not in vain that I bring up these institutions so much. The main issue is that the Republic of Armenia is not going to give up its "shameless" actions. The ratification of the Rome Statute was actually kept for this day. They applied to the BCM, not the BEM, because this institution is a young institution. As I mentioned above, it has the right to judge the events that have happened since the year of its creation. That is, it does not count the crimes committed against Azerbaijan in the 1990s. Only BEM can see this. Such steps of the Armenians cannot end there yet.
In our investigations conducted the other day, we discovered that there are links to the websites of the "President of the Republic of Artsakh" and the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RNG" on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia. This means that Armenians were still living with these disgusting "miatsum" dreams. All these will be used as long as they are not removed and prevented. In particular, the Armenian government should understand that such steps will cause a heavy loss to the "role" they want to play in the peace agreement.
It goes without saying that the Republic of Azerbaijan sees such processes and takes certain steps. The employees of the State Security Service arrest and interrogate the persons who committed terrorist and criminal acts both in the 90s and during the Second Karabakh War. Especially at this case, all these evidences will be a strong blow against the Armenians' baseless and unsubstantiated "ethnic cleansing" actions.
Akbar Novruz
