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They are an essential element of procedure before international
tribunals, with particular significance for tribunals that
adjudicate on human rights, and are widely recognised as
having binding legal effect. The binding nature of interim
measures has its roots in both procedure and substance: it is
necessary, first, to preserve the rights of the parties from
irreparable harm, protecting against any act or omission that
would destroy or remove the subject matter of an application,
would render it pointless, or would otherwise prevent the Court
from considering it under its normal procedure; 789 and second,
to permit the Court to give practical and effective protection to
the Convention rights by which the Member States have
undertaken to abide. 790
The binding nature of interim measures has been recognised by
the International Court of Justice, 791 the European Court of
Human Rights, 792 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 793
v. Azerbaijan, CAT, op. cit, fn. 339, para. 10.2; Tebourski v. France,
CAT, op. cit., fn. 353, paras. 8.2-9; Singh Sogi v. Canada, CAT, op.
cit., fn. 334, paras. 10.2-10.11; Shamayev and Others v. Georgia and
Russia, ECtHR, op. cit., fn. 434, paras. 470-473; Mamatkulov and
Askarov v. Turkey, ECtHR, op. cit., fn. 441, paras. 100-112; Al-
Sadoon and Mufti v. United Kingdom, ECtHR, op. cit., fn. 439, paras.
160-161.
789
Mamatkulov and Askarov v. Turkey, ECtHR, op. cit., fn. 441, paras.
101- 108; Paladi v. Moldova, ECtHR, Application No 39806/05,
Judgment of 10 March 2009, para. 87; Ben Khemais v. Italy, ECtHR,
op. cit., fn. 361, para. 81.
790
Ibid., para. 125; Aloumi v. France, ECtHR, Application No.
50278/99, Judgment of 17 January 2006, para. 103.
791
LeGrand (Germany v. United States of America), ICJ, op. cit., fn.
837, at p. 503, para. 102.
792
Mamatkulov and Askarov v. Turkey, ECtHR, op. cit., fn. 441;
Shamayev and Others v. Georgia and Russia, ECtHR, op. cit., fn. 434;
Aloumi v. France, ECtHR, op. cit., fn. 1260; Paladi v. Moldova, ECtHR,
op. cit., fn. 1356; Aleksanyan v. Russia, ECtHR, op. cit., fn. 769;
Shtukaturov v. Russia, ECtHR, Application No.44009/05, Judgment of
27 March 2008; Ben Khemais v. Italy, ECtHR, op. cit., fn. 361,