After the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday that Russia was to immediately suspend all military activity in Ukraine, which came as a result of Kyiv’s appeal, Kremlin has rejected ICJ’s request to cease all military operations.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said at Thursday’s daily briefing that Russia will not be able to take this decision into account.
He stressed that ICJ has such a concept as the consent of the parties, but Russia has never formally offered its consent in the process, pointing out that there can be no consent here.
Arguing that Russia’s accusations of genocide in Ukraine were fabricated, Ukraine had appealed to the ICJ, with the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking the court to rule that Russia had no legal basis to take action in and against Ukraine in order to prevent and punish some alleged genocide.
Claiming that Moscow’s false accusations of genocide in Ukraine were the reason Russia used to justify the invasion and subsequent war, Ukraine has expressed in its complaint against Russia’s disagreement on the interpretation, application, and fulfillment of the Genocide Convention.
After it concluded by a vote of 13 to two that there was no genocide in Ukraine, ICJ ruled that Russia must immediately suspend the military operations it commenced on 24 February, expressing its profound concerns about its use of force.
While reading out the court’s ruling on provisional measures, ICJ presiding judge Joan Donoghue noted that the court is acutely aware of the extent of the human tragedy in Ukraine, pointing out that the excessive use of force raises very serious issues of international law.
The court also noted that Moscow decided to abstain from the oral hearings and proceedings before officially declaring in a written document that ICJ lacks jurisdiction and requesting the court to remove the case from its list and to refrain from indicating provisional measures.
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