The International Court of Justice in The Hague will hold hearings on Ukraine’s appeal against Russia on March 7-8. This was announced on Tuesday, March 1, in a press release from the court.
It is noted that the instance will discuss Kyiv’s request for interim measures.
The International Court of Justice will hold public hearings in a case concerning suspicions of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 March.
The UN Court also urged Russia to be ready to take preventive measures in the framework of the dispute with Ukraine.
On March 1, it became known that the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) will soon start investigating the situation in Ukraine.
On February 27, Ukraine filed application to the ICC to initiate proceedings against Russia. In particular, according to representatives of the country, “the Russian Federation falsely claimed that acts of genocide had taken place in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine.” Ukraine “categorically denies” that there was a genocide in these areas. In the Statement, Ukraine also accuses the Russian Federation of “planning acts of genocide.”
Earlier, on February 19, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he was having a historic discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the concept of “genocide”. So, after negotiations with the German leader in the Kremlin on February 15, Putin compared what is happening in the Donbass with genocide. However, Scholz believes that the words of the Russian president should not be taken literally, as this would be “not very optimistic for the future.”
A day earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, indicated that the attitude of the Ukrainian authorities towards the residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) is genocide.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass. The Russian leader stressed that Moscow’s plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. After that, Zelensky accused Russia of hitting the country’s military infrastructure and introduced martial law throughout the state, and also announced that Kiev had broken off diplomatic relations with Moscow and recalled Ukrainian diplomats from the embassy.
On February 21, Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR). Also, the President of the Russian Federation and the heads of both republics, Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin, signed treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance, which were ratified by the republics themselves and Moscow the next day.
Since 2014, the Ukrainian authorities have been conducting an operation against the inhabitants of Donbass, who refused to recognize the legitimacy of the new government in Ukraine. At the same time, Kyiv blames Moscow for the current situation. Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the conflict.
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