ECtHR judge asks Azeris: Have you applied to NKR?

During the hearings of the case “Chiragov and others vs. Armenia” at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, judge Luis Lopez Guerra asked the Azeri plaintiffs whether they had applied to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic authorities for returning to their homes.

The representatives of Chiragov and others declared that the plaintiffs had not applied to Azerbaijan since Azerbaijan does not control these territories, neither they had applied to the Armenian authorities, who also assert that they do not control these territories.

“And to Nagorno Karabakh?,” the judge repeated his question.

Jean-Paul Costa, presiding judge at the hearings at ECtHR Grand Chamber, warned the Azerbaijani delegation to answer the questions of the judge essentially and not to repeat what they have already said.

Note that the European Court of Human Rights today launched hearings on cases “Chiragov and others vs. Armenia” and “Sargsyan vs. Azerbaijan” in Strasbourg.