Klimkin: UN tribunal will consider Ukraine's claim against Russia regarding Crimea
The government of Ukraine will appeal to the UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) concerning violations of the relevant UN Convention by the Russian Federation. This was announced by the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, while opening a general meeting of the ambassadors in Kiev.
"In the coming days we are going to submit our case regarding The Russian Federation’s violation of its obligations under the International Convention on the Law of the Sea,” he said. Klimkin did not specify the claim’s specific applications.
ITLOS settles many types of disputes, some of which include exploration and mining in the international seabed area. After annexing the Crimea in 2014, Russia immediately began active exploration of oil and gas deposits along the Ukrainian shelf.
Klimkin also announced other international legal initiatives from Kiev. "We will give all the evidence that Russia violated its obligations and continues to finance terrorism," he said.