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Armenian Bar Association Condemns the Extradition of Convicted
Azerbaijani Murderer from Hungary to Azerbaijan as "Justice for Sale''
http://hetq.am/eng/news/18029/armenian-bar-association-condemns-the-extradition-of-convicted-azerbaijani-murderer-from-hungary-to-azerbaijan-as-justice-for-sale.html
12:47, September 1, 2012
When two nations engage in conduct circumventing and bartering
justice, as Azerbaijan and Hungary have done in the case of convicted
murderer Azeri Ramil Safarov of Armenian Gurgen Markaryan, their
actions speak volumes about their lack of respect for the rule of
international law and principles of post-conviction extradition and
prisoner transfers.
Either the government in Budapest is complicit in this blatant
disregard and exploitation of international law, or itself has now
been victimized and is the latest nation of a long list of nations
which have been hoodwinked by the deceptiveness of the Azeri
government, which continues to engage in conduct to solely advance its
"Holier than Thou" narcissistic view of itself and the sense of
entitlement with which it operates.
Such a mode of operation may very well be attempted by those who
subscribe to behavior which disregards accepted norms of international
conduct, then rationalized perhaps as diplomacy and politics.
However, at its core, it is anything but diplomacy or politics.
Such conduct is perpetuating the previous victimization and murder of
an innocent Armenian soldier, not on a battlefield, but on Hungarian
soil and, now it seems, in an abyss of utter disrespect of the legal
systems and legitimacy of nations, in this case Hungary.
President Ilham Aliyev's pardon of the murderer Safarov is a shameful
repudiation of another sovereign as well as of its people whose laws,
after being violated and spat upon, have been rendered a nullity.
To add despicable insult to heinous injury, Safarov, after gloating
and luxuriating in Baku's red-carpet welcome, is being paraded around
Azerbaijan as a national hero.
Such conduct is also an affront to the Republic of Armenia, its people
and its government, the Armenian nation worldwide, as well as the
international community, from the European Union to the United
Nations.
Such conduct is no different than an ally of the United States
engaging in atrocities and in the killing of innocent lives anywhere
on the globe, with the United States sitting and watching idly by.
The Azeri government and its President, with the stroke of a pen, just
smeared and desecrated all international documents, treaties, laws and
any notion of fundamental fairness and justice. In so doing, this
rogue nation declared to all civilized nations that their people, in
the absence of any aggression or provocation, are above being held
accountable. Azerbaijan has declared that its soldier, a convicted
murderer of an innocent Armenian, like the country he is from and
belongs to, is above the law.
What are the United States and Canada going to do about it ? What is
the European Union going to do about it? What are the United Nations
and the civilized nations of the world going to do about it?
The President of the Republic of Armenia, Serge Sargsyan, has
announced that its government has cut diplomatic ties with the
government of Hungary. Whereas that may be fine for starters, where do
we go from here? Where do Armenia and the Armenian people worldwide go
from here?
Thus far only one thing is clear: justice was for sale in Hungary and
the Azeri government just bought Hungarian justice. But, more
importantly and far more alarmingly, the Azeri government also bought
international justice, or, at the least, hijacked it.
Whether buying justice or hijacking it is worse may be debated.
However, one thing which reasonable minds and nations cannot disagree
upon is that the Azeris now are the proud owners of international
justice, bought and paid for by the blood of an innocent Armenian.
The Armenian Bar Association condemns "Justice for Sale."
We hold the seller, Hungary, the buyer, Azerbaijan, and all other
nations which sit silently, accountable for the rapid deterioration of
the integrity, the honor, and the fundamental notions of
accountability upon which international law and justice are based.
Garo Ghazarian
Chairman,
Armenian Bar Association
August 31, 2012
Azerbaijani Murderer from Hungary to Azerbaijan as "Justice for Sale''
http://hetq.am/eng/news/18029/armenian-bar-association-condemns-the-extradition-of-convicted-azerbaijani-murderer-from-hungary-to-azerbaijan-as-justice-for-sale.html
12:47, September 1, 2012
When two nations engage in conduct circumventing and bartering
justice, as Azerbaijan and Hungary have done in the case of convicted
murderer Azeri Ramil Safarov of Armenian Gurgen Markaryan, their
actions speak volumes about their lack of respect for the rule of
international law and principles of post-conviction extradition and
prisoner transfers.
Either the government in Budapest is complicit in this blatant
disregard and exploitation of international law, or itself has now
been victimized and is the latest nation of a long list of nations
which have been hoodwinked by the deceptiveness of the Azeri
government, which continues to engage in conduct to solely advance its
"Holier than Thou" narcissistic view of itself and the sense of
entitlement with which it operates.
Such a mode of operation may very well be attempted by those who
subscribe to behavior which disregards accepted norms of international
conduct, then rationalized perhaps as diplomacy and politics.
However, at its core, it is anything but diplomacy or politics.
Such conduct is perpetuating the previous victimization and murder of
an innocent Armenian soldier, not on a battlefield, but on Hungarian
soil and, now it seems, in an abyss of utter disrespect of the legal
systems and legitimacy of nations, in this case Hungary.
President Ilham Aliyev's pardon of the murderer Safarov is a shameful
repudiation of another sovereign as well as of its people whose laws,
after being violated and spat upon, have been rendered a nullity.
To add despicable insult to heinous injury, Safarov, after gloating
and luxuriating in Baku's red-carpet welcome, is being paraded around
Azerbaijan as a national hero.
Such conduct is also an affront to the Republic of Armenia, its people
and its government, the Armenian nation worldwide, as well as the
international community, from the European Union to the United
Nations.
Such conduct is no different than an ally of the United States
engaging in atrocities and in the killing of innocent lives anywhere
on the globe, with the United States sitting and watching idly by.
The Azeri government and its President, with the stroke of a pen, just
smeared and desecrated all international documents, treaties, laws and
any notion of fundamental fairness and justice. In so doing, this
rogue nation declared to all civilized nations that their people, in
the absence of any aggression or provocation, are above being held
accountable. Azerbaijan has declared that its soldier, a convicted
murderer of an innocent Armenian, like the country he is from and
belongs to, is above the law.
What are the United States and Canada going to do about it ? What is
the European Union going to do about it? What are the United Nations
and the civilized nations of the world going to do about it?
The President of the Republic of Armenia, Serge Sargsyan, has
announced that its government has cut diplomatic ties with the
government of Hungary. Whereas that may be fine for starters, where do
we go from here? Where do Armenia and the Armenian people worldwide go
from here?
Thus far only one thing is clear: justice was for sale in Hungary and
the Azeri government just bought Hungarian justice. But, more
importantly and far more alarmingly, the Azeri government also bought
international justice, or, at the least, hijacked it.
Whether buying justice or hijacking it is worse may be debated.
However, one thing which reasonable minds and nations cannot disagree
upon is that the Azeris now are the proud owners of international
justice, bought and paid for by the blood of an innocent Armenian.
The Armenian Bar Association condemns "Justice for Sale."
We hold the seller, Hungary, the buyer, Azerbaijan, and all other
nations which sit silently, accountable for the rapid deterioration of
the integrity, the honor, and the fundamental notions of
accountability upon which international law and justice are based.
Garo Ghazarian
Chairman,
Armenian Bar Association
August 31, 2012