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  • Igor Mirzakhanyan

A Defining Test for Strasbourg. Legal and Procedural Dilemmas of Interstate Withdrawal Before the European Court of Human Rights

June 06, 2025

by Igor Mirzakhanyan In an unprecedented development before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), both Armenia and Azerbaijan have expressed their intention to withdraw all pending interstate applications submitted against each other. As part of their ongoing peace negotiations following the 2020-2023 hostilities, the two countries have reportedly committed not only to discontinuing their […]