THE HAGUE: The United Nations’ high court docket mentioned Friday (Feb 2) it had jurisdiction to rule in most components of a case introduced by Ukraine over Russia’s brutal 2022 invasion, with Kyiv urging reparations.
Ukraine dragged Russia earlier than the Worldwide Court docket of Justice just a few days after the invasion, looking for to battle its neighbour on all fronts, authorized in addition to diplomatic and navy.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion on Feb 24, 2022, a part of his argument was that pro-Russian folks in jap Ukraine had been “subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime”.
Ukraine filed a go well with on the ICJ, “emphatically denying” this and arguing that Russia’s use of “genocide” as a pretext for invasion went towards the 1948 UN Genocide Conference.
In a preliminary ruling in March 2022, the ICJ sided with Ukraine and ordered Russia to halt its invasion instantly.
However Russia objected to this judgement, saying the ICJ, which decides on disputes between states, had no authorized proper to determine on this case.
The ICJ on Friday tossed out Moscow’s argument, saying it did have jurisdiction to rule on this.
Nevertheless, Ukraine had additionally mentioned in its submission that Russia’s use of pressure throughout the invasion was itself in contravention of the Genocide Conference.
The ICJ mentioned it didn’t have the competence to determine on this a part of the case.
The court docket additionally mentioned it didn’t have the facility to rule on one other level raised by Ukraine — that Moscow’s recognition of the separatist areas of Lugansk and Donetsk breached the Conference.
