Although the charges were initially over Russia’s lies about supposed ‘genocide’ as excuse for its full-scale invasion, there are serious grounds for accusing Russia of waging a genocidal war against Ukraine
32 countries have thus far joined Ukraine’s application to the UN’s International Court of Justice [ICJ] against the Russian Federation. Although Ukraine’s initial application, within two days of Russia’s full-scale invasion, specifically addressed Russia’s spurious allegation that Ukraine was guilty of ‘genocide’ as excuse for the invasion, there are also serious grounds for accusing Russia of genocide over its war against Ukraine.
According to the ICJ decision from 9 June 2023, 32 countries’ applications have been found admissible. These include all EU member states, except Hungary; the United Kingdom; Canada and Australia. ICJ did, however, reject the application to join from the USA on the grounds that the latter had not accepted part of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide [the Convention on Genocide], when it signed the rest…
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