THE HAGUE, February 2 (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared itself competent on Friday to judge the dispute between Ukraine and Russia, accused by Kyiv of violating international law after the February 24 invasion 2022.
The Ukrainian authorities seized the court in The Hague on February 26 after Russia justified its “special operation” against their country with accusations of “genocide” in the Russian-speaking East.
These allegations contravened, they emphasized, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948.
The ICJ ordered in March 2022 the cessation of Russian military operations. Moscow then initiated an appeal, believing that the court did not have jurisdiction in the matter.
(Reporting Stephanie van den Berg and Bart Meijer;)
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