The International Court of Justice in The Hague has made a preliminary decision on jurisdiction in the case of Ukraine against Russia regarding the “distortion of the concept of genocide.”
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The servants of Themis decided that this case could be considered further on its merits. Thus, the court decided to partially consider Ukraine’s claims on the merits of Kyiv’s claim against Moscow regarding Russian claims of “genocide in eastern Ukraine” to justify a full-scale invasion. “Public” reported this on February 2.
At the same time, the UN Court rejected Ukraine’s assertion that unfair accusations of genocide may themselves constitute a violation of the international convention on the prevention of genocide. The judges noted that this did not fall within the jurisdiction of the court.
As you know, on February 26, 2022, Ukraine filed a lawsuit with the UN court complaining that the aggressor country is abusing the International Convention on the Prevention of Genocide to justify a full-scale invasion. Because Russian dictator and war criminal Vladimir Putin, during the announcement of the so-called SVO, stated that the goal was to prevent “genocide” in eastern Ukraine.
Let us recall that on January 31, the International Court of Justice found that Russia violated some parts of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention of the Financing of Terrorism by failing to investigate financial support for separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014. However, the court did not award compensation, as Ukraine demanded.
Source: Racurs
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