32 countries join Ukraine's genocide lawsuit against Russia.

The majority of the judges at the United Nations' International Court of Justice (ICJ) have authorized the inclusion of 32 countries in Ukraine's genocide lawsuit against Russia, the ICJ announced[1] on June 9. The list includes 26 countries of the European Union, excluding only Hungary, as well as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Liechtenstein, and the U.K. According to ABC News, it's the largest[2] number of countries to join another nation's lawsuit at the Hague court in history.

The vote on their inclusion was supported by 14 judges against one. The court also unanimously refused to include the U.S. in the lawsuit at the "preliminary objections stage of the proceedings." Ukraine filed the lawsuit against Russia at the Hague in February 2022 under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

The parliaments of eight countries, including Ukraine, have already recognized[3] the acts committed by Russian invading forces as genocide. Another intergovernmental tribunal in the Hague, the International Criminal Court (ICC), has issued[4] arrest warrants against the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.

Paul Grod: A cry to bring Russia to justice for its genocidal war in Ukraine Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views of the Kyiv Independent.

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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press.

He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

References

1. ^ announced (www.icj-cij.org)
2. ^ largest (abcnews.go.com)
3. ^ recognized (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ issued (kyivindependent.com)
5. ^ Paul Grod: A cry to bring Russia to justice for its genocidal war in UkraineEditor's Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the views of the Kyiv Independent. On May 8, the world honors the memory of those who sacrificed their lives defending the world from Nazi German dictatorship.

   This victory (kyivindependent.com)