Ukraine has filed a suit against Russia in international court of justice
Ukraine has filed a suit against Russia in international court of justice
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Ukraine claims that the Russian Federation violates the Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination.
Ukraine has filed a lawsuit in the international court of justice with the aim to attract the Russian Federation responsible for the Commission of acts of terrorism and discrimination for its illegal aggression against Ukraine.
Reported by the Ukrainian foreign Ministry.
The lawsuit was filed under the International Convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism and the International Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination. Ukraine proves that the Russian Federation violate the Convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism for providing weapons and other assistance to illegal armed groups who had committed a series of acts of terrorism on the territory of Ukraine.
Ukrainian diplomats are reminded that the most tragic terrorist atam Russian puppets should include the plane crash of Malaysian airlines flight MH17, the shelling of residential areas in Mariupol and Kramatorsk destruction of civilian passenger bus near Volnovakha and a deadly explosion during a peaceful Assembly in Kharkiv.
Ukraine claims that the Russian Federation violates the Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination, taking part in the campaign of discrimination against non-Russian communities residing in the occupied territory of the Crimean Peninsula, in particular, communities of ethnic Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars. Since the illegal “referendum” held in an atmosphere of intimidation, the Russian occupation authorities pursued a policy of cultural destruction of these communities. Such discriminatory policy is manifested in the prohibition of the activities of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people, the waves of disappearances, killings, unwarranted searches, detentions, attempts to stop broadcasting media, as well as to limit the teaching of the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar language.
“In the course of illegal aggression in Ukraine, the Russian Federation ignores the fundamental human rights vested in every citizen of Ukraine”, – said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.
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“We tried to resolve existing disputes through negotiation for over two years, but Russia is unwilling to stop its violations of international law. So we filed a lawsuit in the international court of justice with the aim to attract the Russian Federation responsible for these violations and to restore the rights of the Ukrainian people,” – said the official.
Ukraine also appealed to the international court of justice with a request to impose interim measures aimed at preventing the continuation of human rights violations by the Russian Federation.
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We will remind, in the Hague for occupation of Crimea with Russia recognized international armed conflict. The Prosecutor of the International criminal court, Fatou Bensouda, in its report on the previous investigation of the Ukrainian admitted that the “situation on the territory of Crimea and Sevastopol, equivalent to the international armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation”.
Immediately after that Russia has refused from participation in the Rome Statute of the International criminal court. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the corresponding decree.
The international criminal court has not justified the hopes assigned to him, said the Russian foreign Ministry regarding the refusal of Moscow from participation in the Rome Statute. “Unfortunately, the court did not justify the hopes assigned to him and did not do an independent, authoritative body of international justice”, – said Russian diplomats.