The International Court of Justice rejected most of the allegations in the Ukraine case aimed at

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In the same judgment, judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Russia had violated an anti-discrimination treaty by failing to provide adequate support for Ukrainian language teaching in Crimea after annexing the peninsula in 2014.

These decisions pose a number of legal hurdles for Kyiv. The court rejected Ukraine’s request for compensation, and only ordered Russia to comply with the agreement.

Ukraine's representative, Mr. Anton Korynevych, emphasized that this ruling is of great importance to Kyiv because it determined that Russia violated international law.

“This is the first time Russia has been officially and legally recognized as an international violator.”

Ukraine filed a lawsuit with the ICJ, or International Court of Justice, in 2017, accusing Russia of violating the anti-terrorism treaty by funding several pro-Russian separatist organizations in Ukraine.

The court's judges said Moscow had breached a UN anti-terrorism treaty by failing to investigate legitimate allegations that funds had been sent from Russia to Ukraine and may have been sent to finance terrorist activities.

The 16-judge panel ordered Russia to investigate legitimate allegations of funding terrorism but rejected Ukraine's request to order Russia to pay damages.

The court refused to sentence on charges surrounding the downing of flight MH17, saying the terrorism financing offences only applied to financial investments and cash, and not to the supply of weapons or training as alleged by Ukraine.

Ukraine has accused Russia of supplying the missile system used in the downing of flight MH17, but has stopped short of alleging financial support.

In a hearing at the Hague court in June 2023, Russia rejected Ukraine's accusations that its government had funded and controlled pro-Russian separatist organizations in the east, saying the allegations were fictitious and "blatant lies".

In the seven-year-old case, Kyiv accuses Russia of arming and funding pro-Russian forces, including rebels who shot down MH17 in July 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew.

In November 2022, a Dutch court sentenced two Russians and a Ukrainian in absentia to life in prison for their involvement in the case.

In Crimea, Ukraine asserted, Russia attempted to wipe out the native culture of Tatars and Ukrainians. The court dismissed the Tatars’ accusations but found Russia had not provided enough support for Ukrainian language teaching.

Court judgments are final and not open to appeal, but the court has no means of enforcing them.

On Friday, the International Court will hear a case in which Ukraine accuses Moscow of abusing the 1948 Genocide Convention to justify its extraordinary military operation on February 24, 2022.

Nguyen Quang Minh (according to Reuters)

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/toa-an-quoc-te-bac-bo-phan-lon-cao-buoc-trong-vu-an-cua-ukraine-nham-v-a648325.html