Contents tagged with International Court of Justice
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The Hague started to review Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia
On the 6th of March the International Court of Justice in the Hague held the first hearings in Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia, which Kyiv filed in the middle of January 2017. Ukraine is accusing Russia of violating two conventions – the Terrorist Financing Convention and the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The hearings will take place between the 6th and the 9th of March. They have started with a presentation by the Ukrainian side.
In the lawsuit, Ukraine claims that …
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Poland will try to force Russia to give up the wreckage of the Kaczynski aircraft through UN court
The Polish government intends to challenge the actions of the Russian Federation in the International Court of Justice in The Hague. For more than seven years, Russia has been unable or unwilling to transfer to Poland the wreckage of the Tu-154 plane that claimed Polish President Lech Kaczyński’s life.
President Kaczyński perished with 96 other people when his Presidential plane crashed under mysterious circumstances not far from the Smolensk North Airport on April 10, 2010. He and his …
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Yelchenko: Ukraine plans to highlight situation in Avdiivka at International Court of Justice
The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko, stated that, when submitting evidence to the International Court of Justice, Kyiv plans on highlighting the situation in Avdiivka as evidence of Russia's violation of international law, Krym.Realii reported.
“This is the first but important step in bringing Russia to justice for its violation of the UN Charter and international law,” Yelchenko stated.
Despite calls for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy …
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Poland to file a complaint to The Hague concerning Russian investigation of the Smolensk catastrophe
Poland plans to submit a complaint to the International Court of Justice in The Hague concerning the Russian investigation of the Smolensk catastrophe. This was announced on Wednesday by the Polish Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, as Radio Poland reported.
"At first we tried — for a year — to verify whether there is an opportunity to reach an agreement directly with the Russians. The Russians, as you know, reacted negatively, sometimes arrogantly ... We also tried to get support from …
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The UN International Court of Justice will begin hearings on Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia in March
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, stated on Inter TV on the evening of January 29 that the hearings on Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia will begin in March 2017 at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague.
“The hearings on our lawsuit that we filed against Russia due to its consistent violations of the International Convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism and Convention for elimination of racial discrimination are scheduled to begin in …
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Kyiv to supplement its claim against Russia at the International Court of Justice
Ukraine intends to supplement its claim to the International Court of Justice with new facts regarding human rights violations by Russia, as was stated by Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Pavlo Klimkin, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
"We will present these facts to Europe, but the important thing is that they will be used in Court as evidence. We are constructing a whole set of facts and we will be able to supplement it. We may bring new evidence prior to the hearings," Klimkin said.
He added that, …
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As part of lawsuit against Russia, Ukraine demands that ban on Crimean Tatar Mejlis be lifted
Ukraine demands that Russia stop the persecution of the Crimean Tatars and restore the activity of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People as part of Kyiv's lawsuit against Moscow that was filed with the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
“We demand that Russia stop the violations of the International Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination and to take measures to protect all ethnic groups in the occupied Crimea, in particular, Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians. …
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Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia in the UN International Court of Justice
The Spokesperson of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mariana Betsa, wrote on her Twitter account that the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs filed a lawsuit against Russia with the U.N. International Court of Justice in The Hague. “Ukraine just filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation to the U.N. International Court of Justice. And this is a historic lawsuit as the law is on our side,” Betsa wrote.According to Kyiv, Moscow violates the International Convention for the …
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Ukraine to file lawsuit against Russia with ICJ
The Ukrainian Justice Minister, Pavlo Petrenko, stated in an interview with the Ukrainian 5th Channel that Ukraine will file a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice against Russia for supporting terrorism (ICJ). “The next year will be associated with the initiation of a major lawsuit before the International Court of Justice, which is the principal judicial arm of the United Nations (UN),” Petrenko stated.
The Minister of Justice stressed that the evidence has already been collected …