The court's decision will be announced by its chairwoman Joan Donoghue. It will take place in The Hague on March 16 at 16:00 local time, i.e. at 18:00 Kyiv time, reads the official announcement on the Hague Court’s website.
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Hague Court’s verdict on Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia
The International Court of Justice, the supreme judicial body of the United Nations, will announce its decision on Ukraine's request for provisional measures in the case involving allegations of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).
A public session will be held at 4 p.m. at the Peace Palace in The Hague, where the President of the Court, Judge Joan E. Donoghue, will read out the Court's decision.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, only members of the Court and representatives of the states involved in the case will be present in the Great Hall of the Court. Members of the diplomatic corps, the media, and the public will be able to watch the reading via a live broadcast on the Court's website and UN Web TV, the United Nations online television channel.
Further information on the possibility of limited media coverage at the Peace Palace during the session will be made available to news outlets.
Lawsuit against Russia for genocide against the Ukrainian people
Following the Russian invasion, Ukraine filed a lawsuit against the aggressor country for genocide against the Ukrainian people, as the Russian invaders destroyed the civilian infrastructure of Ukrainian cities and killed civilians.
Russian officials, however, did not show up for the hearing, but sent a shameful letter justifying their war through repeating Putin's propaganda about a "special operation."