ICJ orders Russia to Stop its Military Operations in Ukraine
New Delhi: In a significant order, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday directed that Russia must immediately suspend its military operations in Ukraine.
The Court further directed Both these orders were passed by a majority of 13 votes against 2, with Indian judge at ICJ Justice Dalveer Bhandari voting in favor of the majority.
President of the ICJ Judge Joan E Donoghue (USA), Judge Peter Tomka (Slovakia), Judge Ronny Abraham (France), Judge Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco), Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia), Judge Julia Sebutinde (Uganda), Judge Dalveer Bhandari (India), Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson (Jamaica), Judge Nawaf Salam (Lebanon), Judge Iwasawa Yuji (Japan), Judge Georg Nolte (Germany), Judge Hilary Charlesworth (Australia), Judge ad hoc Daudet voted in favor whereas Vice-President Kirill Gevorgian (Russia) and Judge Sue Hanqin (China) voted against.
However, all the judges of the ICJ unanimously directed both Ukraine and Russia to ensure that they refrain from any action which can aggravate or extend the dispute before the Court.
The Court was delivering its Order on the request of Ukraine for the indication of provisional measures in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide against Russia. The application moved by the Ukrainian government had accused Russia of carrying out “planning acts of genocide in Ukraine” and had inter alia urged the ICJ to urgently indicate provisional measures directing Russia to suspend its ongoing military onslaught.
Russia and Ukraine are drawing up a tentative peace plan to end the war as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Moscow to suspend the invasion of Ukraine.
Following the order, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asserted that his country have gained a complete victory in its case against Russia at the ICJ.
(VINAYAK)
