Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 1st Feb. International Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that Russia had violated global anti-terrorism and anti-racial discrimination treaties, but dismissed most of the charges Kyiv brought against Moscow from its 2014 invasion of Ukraine.
According to ICJ court documents, the 117-page judgement contained rulings on 7 matters in Ukraine’s case against Russia claimed that Moscow funded pro-Russian separatists in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions and the Crimean peninsula.
The court ruled that Russia had failed to investigate persons who allegedly breached parts of the Convention against Financing Terrorism.
ICJ decided that Russia violated the Convention to Eliminate Racial Discrimination in the way it implemented its educational system related to curricula in the Ukrainian language in terms of Russia’s actions in Crimea after 2014.
The court also ruled that Russia violated its obligation under the court’s order for provisional measures issued in April 2017, including to refrain from any action that might aggravate the dispute or make it more difficult to resolve.
It rejected the rest of Ukraine’s related charges, including requests for compensation from Moscow for damages.
Ukraine had claimed Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian Airlines flight in 2014.
ICJ to rule on Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is expected to issue a judgement on the preliminary objections of Russia in Ukraine’s case against it related to allegations of genocide on Friday.
Kyiv had filed the case 2 days after Russia’s full-scale invasion began on 24 February 2022.
The court Judgements are final, without opportunities for appeal, it is unable to enforce its decisions.
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