AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukraine has filed a swimsuit against Russia at the very best U.N. court in The Hague for disputes between states, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Sunday.
It was unclear on exactly what grounds the case was being dropped at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). A court official couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
“Ukraine has submitted its utility against Russia to the ICJ,” Zelensky stated on Twitter. “Russia have to be held accountable for manipulating the notion of genocide to justify aggression. We request an pressing choice ordering Russia to stop army exercise now.”
The court doesn’t have computerized jurisdiction in instances involving the 2 nations and Kyiv must base its declare on a U.N. treaty with a view to give the court authority to listen to the matter.
Ukraine has prior to now sought to contain one other court in The Hague, the International Criminal Court (ICC), which handles warfare crimes.
Following the Russian annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and subsequent preventing in jap Ukraine between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian authorities forces, Kyiv accepted ICC jurisdiction for crimes against humanity and warfare crimes dedicated on its territory since February 2014.
In December 2020, the workplace of the prosecutor introduced it had motive to consider warfare crimes and different crimes had been dedicated throughout the battle.
A proper request to open a full investigation has not been filed with judges, however ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on Friday expressed his concern over the Russian invasion and stated the court could examine alleged crimes arising from the present state of affairs.
(Reporting by Anthony Deutsch; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
