The court of justice in may will determine the schedule for consideration on the merits, “Ukraine vs Russia”
The international court of justice in the Hague will determine the calendar schedule for the consideration of the merits of the case “against Ukraine” in may.
This was in the Hague, told journalists the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Deputy Minister of foreign affair of Ukraine Elena serkal, reports UNIAN.
“We are now entering the next stage is the consideration of the merits. In may, we will be here to gather the parties that the Court determined what calendar the schedule of proceedings on the merits,” she said.
Zerkal emphasized that today’s court decision is “very positive” for Ukraine and provided an opportunity to see “weak points”.
“We actually already know where we have weaknesses and where we need to work more on gathering evidence and proving it will (under the Convention on the financing of terrorism), which the Court today said that they (the judges) not found in our materials and the position of the intentions of this element, we in the preparation of the merits will focus on this,” said the official.
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The full text of the decision of the Court of justice on the claim of Ukraine against Russia
Recall, the international court of justice in the Hague rejected the request of Ukraine on preliminary measures against Russia regarding violations of the International Convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism. However, the court agreed to introduce preventive measures against the Russian Federation for the protection of national minorities in the Crimea at the suit of Ukraine.
in Particular, Ukraine accuses Russia of violating several UN conventions — particularly the Convention on the suppression of the financing of terrorism.
According to Kiev, under the accusation falls within the support of Moscow militants in the Donbas — six articles 28 here could be broken. It and operations groups and providing safe haven to militants on its territory, involvement in the deaths of civilians — in particular, to the crash of flight MH-17.
The court began the trial on March 6, and after four days of hearings, proceeded to consider interim measures against Russia. They can include the demand to stop funding militants to regain control over the border to the Ukrainian government to respect the rights of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians in Crimea. Russia denies the chargesand experts predict a further consideration of the merits can take years. The Kremlin said that recognize the decision of the International court of justice in the Hague in the case against Ukraine.
A lawsuit in the Hague Ukraine filed January 16, 2017.
Ukraine in the framework of the lawsuit against Russia asked the international court of justice to impose interim measures aimed at preventing the continuation of human rights violations by the Russian Federation in the period of adjudication of the merits with the aim of protecting the civilian population in the temporarily occupied Crimea and Donbas.