The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has held the first public hearings yesterday on the request for the indication of provisional measures presented by Ukraine in its case initiated against Russia recently. As indicated earlier, the case is based on the Genocide Convention, its Article IX providing jurisdiction for the Court.
Video recording of the hearing can be watched online at the UN Web TV.
Not surprisingly, the Russian Federation was not represented by any delegation or agent. This is not rare, it has happened a few times, that the defendant state does not appear in the courtroom. Of course this sends a very bad message, but it does not have any effect on the proceeding of the Court. Currently, it will definitely be seen by everyone as Russia not even trying to defend its vocal position about the “genocide”, which will not help its credibility at all.
Lattmann Tamás honlapja 