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THE HAGUE: Ukraine on Tuesday named Russia a terrorist state at the United Nations’ highest court as it opened hearings in a case involving Moscow’s support for pro-Russian separatists blamed for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014. It was the first time that Lawyers where ukraine and russia met at international justice Courtalso known as world courtsince Moscow launched an invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
A panel of 16 judges at the International Court of Justice has begun hearing Ukraine’s claim that Moscow violated the UN anti-terrorism treaty by equipping and financing the pro-Russian forces that shot down the plane, killing all 298 people on board and crew. In the same allegation, Ukraine also asked the Hague-based court to order Russia to stop discriminating against the Tatar ethnic group in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula occupied by Russia since 2014. Russia will have an opportunity to respond Thursday.
A panel of 16 judges at the International Court of Justice has begun hearing Ukraine’s claim that Moscow violated the UN anti-terrorism treaty by equipping and financing the pro-Russian forces that shot down the plane, killing all 298 people on board and crew. In the same allegation, Ukraine also asked the Hague-based court to order Russia to stop discriminating against the Tatar ethnic group in Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula occupied by Russia since 2014. Russia will have an opportunity to respond Thursday.
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