Artsakh has more solid grounds for
self-determination than Kosovo
13:57 • 11.12.10
In the Soviet era, the Armenian legislation had a serious gap in terms of the international law as the Soviet school had never been in a leading position in the international law, deputy head of the presidential staff, Vigen Sargsyan, told Saturday a ne
ws conference after a symposium titled "Legal Aspects of the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict Settlement."
The symposium was organized by the newly established Center for International and Comparative Law, whose founders are Armenian young lawyers having degrees from internationally acclaimed universities.
"The establishment of the center shows that Armenia currently has a broad network of young professionals who have studied or continue studying in the world's leading universities," Sargsyan said. "We still have a long way to go before broadening our network further and enhancing the quality of teaching the international law at our universities. The topic selected is also very important. We often speak about the political, economic and other aspects of the Karabakh conflict and leave aside the legal aspect even though there are quite serious studies in this direction."
In this regard, he particularly attached importance to ICJ's advisory opinion on the Kosovo conflict.
"Even though we all say that each conflict is different, the courts apply the uniformity principle when considering cases. It doesn’t mean, of course, that all disputes have to be resolved the same way as each of them has the specificities of its development," he ad
ded.
The opening of the symposium was also attended by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan who hailed the initiative, stressing the importance of further investigation into the legal aspects of the Karabakh conflict and the Armenian Genocide.
"It's getting harder and harder for the present-day world to get adjusted to the empires built on violence and imprisonment. It's definitely time for freedom. For our people, the word freedom is not simply a noun. For centuries on end, our freedom was subdued by foreign empires. We have experienced oppression and realized we won't be able to develop unless we are free both internally and externally," the premier said.
He also spoke about Artsakh, adding that the people in the country clearly know what they want.
"Today's event is devoted to the legality of Kosovo's independence declaration, a topic that is interesting to our scholarly circles. And the lawyers will agree with me that Artsakh currently has more solid legal, political-military and historical grounds for full self-determination," he stressed.
Speaking further on the issue, the director of the center, Yeghishe Kirakosyan, emphasized the importance of focusing on the self-determination principle.
"The problems are of more in-depth nature than they seem," he said, adding that Kosovo's success was mostly conditioned by political factors.
"We have no problems in terms of the legal aspect of the issue. Our problem today is the interntional community's conduct," he said.
In the Soviet era, the Armenian legislation had a serious gap in terms of the international law as the Soviet school had never been in a leading position in the international law, deputy head of the presidential staff, Vigen Sargsyan, told Saturday a ne
ws conference after a symposium titled "Legal Aspects of the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict Settlement."The symposium was organized by the newly established Center for International and Comparative Law, whose founders are Armenian young lawyers having degrees from internationally acclaimed universities.
"The establishment of the center shows that Armenia currently has a broad network of young professionals who have studied or continue studying in the world's leading universities," Sargsyan said. "We still have a long way to go before broadening our network further and enhancing the quality of teaching the international law at our universities. The topic selected is also very important. We often speak about the political, economic and other aspects of the Karabakh conflict and leave aside the legal aspect even though there are quite serious studies in this direction."
In this regard, he particularly attached importance to ICJ's advisory opinion on the Kosovo conflict.
"Even though we all say that each conflict is different, the courts apply the uniformity principle when considering cases. It doesn’t mean, of course, that all disputes have to be resolved the same way as each of them has the specificities of its development," he ad
ded.The opening of the symposium was also attended by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan who hailed the initiative, stressing the importance of further investigation into the legal aspects of the Karabakh conflict and the Armenian Genocide.
"It's getting harder and harder for the present-day world to get adjusted to the empires built on violence and imprisonment. It's definitely time for freedom. For our people, the word freedom is not simply a noun. For centuries on end, our freedom was subdued by foreign empires. We have experienced oppression and realized we won't be able to develop unless we are free both internally and externally," the premier said.
He also spoke about Artsakh, adding that the people in the country clearly know what they want.
"Today's event is devoted to the legality of Kosovo's independence declaration, a topic that is interesting to our scholarly circles. And the lawyers will agree with me that Artsakh currently has more solid legal, political-military and historical grounds for full self-determination," he stressed.
Speaking further on the issue, the director of the center, Yeghishe Kirakosyan, emphasized the importance of focusing on the self-determination principle.
"The problems are of more in-depth nature than they seem," he said, adding that Kosovo's success was mostly conditioned by political factors.
"We have no problems in terms of the legal aspect of the issue. Our problem today is the interntional community's conduct," he said.
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