It has been a year since Azerbaijan's military aggression in Nagorno-Karabakh forced more than 100,000 Armenians into exile, complain lawyers Francois Zimmeray and Catalina de la Sota, writes Le Point.

"The mass deportation of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh is one of the most apparent ethnic cleansings of our time. We contacted the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on behalf of two victims. Like many other families who are now refugees in Armenia, they endured hunger and cold during the nine-month siege before the Azerbaijani attack, then had to flee, taking with them a lifetime of baggage.

According to the law, these facts are a crime against humanity, the deportation of the population. The Rome Statute defines: "Displacement or forcible transfer of a population means the forcible displacement of people from the territory where they are legally present, without being permitted by international law."

We could not be more specific; these facts were presented to the ICC prosecutor. Let France act consistently with its constant statements. However, nothing obliges him to pursue these complaints. Can we accept that such acts remain in the blind spot of international justice and that impunity for the most severe crimes prevails? France can be proud to have supported the project of international criminal jurisdiction from the very first day, as it participated in its construction and contributes to its operation today.

We call on France to act consistently with its constant declarations applying Article 14 of the Rome Statute, which provides that "any State Party may refer to the Prosecutor a situation in which one or more crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court appear to have been committed, and the prosecutor is requested to investigate this situation to determine whether one or more of the individuals identified should be charged with these crimes."

Indifference and resignation live under the same roof, whose roof has forgotten current events. We cannot tolerate that these victims are also ignored by justice. Leaving the crimes of Nagorno-Karabakh unpunished would mean admitting that only the law of force and terror pays.

The International Criminal Court is far from coming of age; its legitimacy is still fragile, but which jurisdiction will be able to respond by shedding light on the crimes committed and bringing the perpetrators to justice? François Zimmeray and Catalina de la Sota are lawyers in Paris. They submitted a complaint to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the victims of forced displacement from Nagorno-Karabakh and refugees in Armenia," the publication said.