THE HAGUE: Ukraine on Tuesday referred to as Russia a terrorist state on the prime UN courtroom as hearings started in a case over Moscow’s backing of pro-Russian separatists blamed for taking pictures down Malaysian Airways Flight MH17 in 2014. It was the primary time legal professionals for Ukraine and Russia met on the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice, additionally know because the World Courtroom, since Moscow launched an invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Apanel of 16 judges at theICJ started listening to Ukraine’s declare that Moscow violated a UN anti-terrorism treaty by equipping and funding pro-Russian forces who shot down the jetliner, killing all 298 passengers and crew. In the identical declare, Ukraine has additionally requested the Hague-based courtroom to order Russia to halt discrimination in opposition to the Tatar ethnic group in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula occupied by Russia since 2014. Russia may have a chance to respondon Thursday.
Apanel of 16 judges at theICJ started listening to Ukraine’s declare that Moscow violated a UN anti-terrorism treaty by equipping and funding pro-Russian forces who shot down the jetliner, killing all 298 passengers and crew. In the identical declare, Ukraine has additionally requested the Hague-based courtroom to order Russia to halt discrimination in opposition to the Tatar ethnic group in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula occupied by Russia since 2014. Russia may have a chance to respondon Thursday.
