Ukraine v. Russia : International Court Of Justice Concludes Hearing Ukraine's Application; Russia Refuses To Appear [LIVE UPDATES]

Aaratrika Bhaumik

7 March 2022 2:40 PM IST

  • Ukraine v. Russia : International Court Of Justice Concludes Hearing Ukraines Application; Russia Refuses To Appear [LIVE UPDATES]

    The International Court of Justice at Hague is hearing the application by Ukraine against Russia in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.In its Application, Ukraine contends, inter alia, that :"...the Russian Federation has falsely claimed that acts of genocide have occurred in the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts...

    The International Court of Justice at Hague is hearing the application by Ukraine against Russia in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

    In its Application, Ukraine contends, inter alia, that :

    "...the Russian Federation has falsely claimed that acts of genocide have occurred in the Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts of Ukraine, and on that basis recognized the so-called 'Donetsk People's Republic' and 'Luhansk People's Republic', and then declared and implemented a 'special military operation' against Ukraine"

    Ukraine "emphatically denies" that such genocide has occurred and states that it submitted the Application "to establish that Russia has no lawful basis to take action in and against Ukraine for the purpose of preventing and punishing any purported genocide".

    In the Application, Ukraine also accuses the Russian Federation of "planning acts of genocide in Ukraine" and contends that Russia "is intentionally killing and inflicting serious injury on members of the Ukrainian nationality  the actus reus of genocide under Article II of the [Genocide] Convention".

    The Applicant seeks to found the Court's jurisdiction on Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court and on Article IX of the Genocide Convention, to which both States are parties.

    Together with the Application, Ukraine filed a Request for the indication of provisional measures against Russia.

    The hearing is live-streamed here.

    Live-Updates from the hearing are posted below :


    Live Updates

    • 7 March 2022 4:45 PM IST

      Ukraine: According to a UN Report in the first 6 days of Russia's war there were nearly as many civilian casualties as in the last 5 years of the Donbass conflict. That is just confirmed casualties with UN recognising that the real number is much higher and climbing everyday.

    • 7 March 2022 4:41 PM IST

      Ukraine: It is as recently as 31st Jan, 2022 that in a meeting of the UNSC, the permanent representative of Russia reacted angrily to suggestions that Russia planned to invade. He mockingly called upon the United States to quote "show us at least some evidence".

    • 7 March 2022 4:38 PM IST

      Ukraine: Tragically Ukraine's adversaries have had no regard to the lives of civilians on their side of the line. This is not Ukraine's position alone. It is a fact documented by the UN Human Rights monitoring mission.

    • 7 March 2022 4:38 PM IST

      Ukraine: This is another flagrant lie for which Russia has offered no support. Ukrainian civilians on both sides of the contact line have suffered from a conflict which Russia has funded and fuelled and increasingly waged itself.

    • 7 March 2022 4:38 PM IST

      Ukraine: The closest President Putin has come to even explaining his accusation of genocide is to assert as he did on Feb 21 that "Not a single day goes by without Donbass communities coming under shelling attacks"

    • 7 March 2022 4:30 PM IST

      Ukraine: These are the circumstances in which Russia claims that Ukraine has been committing genocide against its own people. It would be an understatement to say that Russia has provided no evidence for acts of genocide in the course of this conflict.

    • 7 March 2022 4:30 PM IST

      Ukraine: Russia is bombarding the city and cutting off its power, water and heat.

    • 7 March 2022 4:28 PM IST

      Ukraine: I should add that Mariupol is a Russian speaking city. Russia's claim to be the protectors of Russian speaking people in Ukraine could not protect the people of Mariupol from a barrage of Russian rockets. Just that it is not protecting Mariupol today.

    • 7 March 2022 4:26 PM IST

      Ukraine agent cites statement of the Secretary General of UN that the attackers had fired indiscriminately into civilian areas.

    • 7 March 2022 4:24 PM IST

      Ukraine agent highlights incidents of Russian aggression in the past. Refers to the 2018 shelling of residential district in the city of Mariupol on Jan 24, 2015. 30 civilians had died in the attack.

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