Zelenskyy confirms delegation for UN court case on Russian genocide
EVROPEYSKA PRAVDA (EUROPEAN TRUTH) — SUNDAY, 6 MARCH 2022, 17:36
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed the members of Ukraine's delegation who will take place in oral hearings at the United Nations' International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning accusations of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention) in a case brought by Ukraine against the Russian Federation.
The decree was published on Sunday, 6 March, on the president's website, Evropeyska Pravda reports.
The delegation will be led by the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Anton Korynevych.
Members of the delegation will include the director of Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Department of International Law, Oksana Zolotar'ova; Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador and former MFA Deputy Minister Olena Zerkal'; as well as Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Economics and Trade Representative Taras Kachka.
On 7 and 8 March, the ICJ will hold hearings on Ukraine's lawsuit against Russia concerning Russia's alleged violation of the Genocide Convention.
The hearings will focus on Ukraine's request to implement temporary measures.
On 26 February 2022, Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the ICJ on Russia's violation of the Genocide Convention.
Ukraine also simultaneously filed a motion on prevention measures in which it essentially asked the ICJ to order Russia to stop its war in Ukraine.
In its lawsuit, Ukraine does not claim that the Kremlin committed genocide against the Ukrainian people in February 2022. However, Kyiv mentions potential planning to commit it.
Details about the case are available in the article: To The Hague about genocide: what Ukraine wrote in its lawsuit against Russia to the UN International Court of Justice.
