Failure to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice may have serious consequences for Russia.
This was stated in the commentary to the "Observer" by the lawyer Mikhail Soldatenko.
"It is impossible to force Russia to comply with a court decision. In international law, there are no appropriate methods of coercion, unlike national systems. In addition, Russia is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. There are precedents of non-fulfillment of the decisions of the UN court. For example, he ruled against the US in Nicaragua. The States did not comply with the decision. And no one could make them. However, a positive decision is extremely important. This legal process will ultimately either establish the fact of violation of the norms of international law of the Russian Federation, or not, "- said Soldatenko.
According to him, now Ukraine's position is based only on certain allegations of violations of international law by Russia.
"But after a positive decision in The Hague, these statements will be confirmed not only by the UN General Assembly, but also by the most authoritative judicial instance. On the part of Russia not to implement the image of the image is very dangerous. Ukraine will have additional levers for conducting political discourse, including in the context of sanctions, "the lawyer summed up..
As reported by the "Observer", April 19, the International Court of Justice announced several decisions in the case on the suit of Ukraine against Russia. Thus, the court recognized prima facie jurisdiction for the consideration of this case.
In addition, the court stated that Ukraine did not provide sufficient evidence of Russia's financing of terrorism. At the same time, the International Court of the United Nations has agreed to the introduction of measures on the suit of Ukraine against the Russian Federation regarding the protection of national minorities in the Crimea.
Also, the court ordered Ukraine and Russia to fully implement all provisions of the agreements reached in Minsk.
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