The UN court on Wednesday ordered Russia to stop hostility in Ukraine giving the steps requested by Kyiv, although many remained skeptical that Russia would obey.
Ukraine had two weeks ago asking the International Justice Court, also known as the World Court, to intervene, with Russian reasons violating the Genocide Convention in 1948 by accusing Ukraine to conduct genocide and use it as a pretext for ongoing invasions.
“Ukraine won a complete victory in his case against Russia in the International Court,” said President of Ukraine Zelskyy on Twitter. “The ICJ ordered to immediately stop the invasion. The binding sequence under international law. Russia must obey immediately. Ignore the order will isolate Russia further.”
Moscow Included a trial last week, when a lawyer for Ukraine told the court that Russia had started “undersroked aggression.” “Cities under siege, civilians under fire, humanitarian disasters and refugees fled to their lives,” David Zionts argued, members of the Ukrainian legal team.
In the written argument delivered this week, Russia argues in writing that the Den Haag-based court has no jurisdiction to hear this case and that it is not in the Convention that prohibits the use of strength.