ICJ rejects Ukraine's 'terrorist financing' accusations against Russia

2024-01-31T22:09:02.131Z

Highlights: ICJ rejects Ukraine's 'terrorist financing' accusations against Russia. kyiv filed a complaint in January 2017 against Moscow for violation of the convention on discrimination and that on the financing of terrorism. Moscow was found guilty of violating the Terrorist Financing Convention. But for the sole reason that no investigation has been opened against individuals suspected of supporting the separatists of Donbass. The judges also declared Russia guilty of violate the Convention on Racial Discrimination. They accuse Moscow of preventing Ukrainian children from being able to study in their language since the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

ICJ rejects Ukraine's 'terrorist financing' accusations against Russia

Russia guilty of racial discrimination… This is the decision rendered by the International Court of Justice on Wednesday afternoon. kyiv filed a complaint in January 2017 against Moscow for violation of the convention on discrimination and that on the financing of terrorism. If Russia is guilty of violations of international law, the decision is nevertheless not a victory for Ukraine.

Judges led by ICJ President Joan Donoghue (center) attend a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ahead of judgment in a 2017 lawsuit filed by Ukraine against Russia , in The Hague, January 31, 2024. AFP - REMKO DE WAAL

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in The Hague

Stéphanie Maupas

Although they condemned Russia, the judges nevertheless rejected almost all of Ukraine's requests. Moscow was found guilty of violating the Terrorist Financing Convention…. But for the sole reason that no investigation has been opened against individuals suspected of supporting the separatists of Donbass. They had been reported by kyiv to Moscow.

The judges also declared Russia guilty of violating the Convention on Racial Discrimination... They accuse Moscow of preventing Ukrainian children from being able to study in their language since the annexation of Crimea in 2014.

But the judges rejected kyiv's accusations concerning the Tatar minority. The Court does not deny that they may have been the subject of human rights violations, but for political, and not racial, reasons, the judges specify.

Russia was also found guilty of violating a court order. In 2017, its judges ordered Moscow not to escalate the conflict with kyiv. Since then, Russian tanks have entered Ukraine.

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ICJ rejects Ukraine's 'terrorist financing' accusations against Russia

ICJ rejects Ukraine's 'terrorist financing' accusations against Russia

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