More than 40 countries of the world, including Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the USA, Japan, Australia, as well as the EU authorities, supported the lawsuit of Ukraine against Russia in the International Court of Justice. This is evidenced by a joint statement published on the website of the European Commission..

“We declare our support for Ukraine’s application to bring proceedings against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the purpose of which is to establish that Russia has no legal basis for the commission of hostilities in Ukraine on.

Countries again called on Russia to immediately end the war against Ukraine, as required by the court order of March 16, 2022. The countries also noted the importance of this lawsuit..

The joint statement notes that if Russia does not comply with the March 16 court decision, this will be considered another violation of international law..

“We emphasize once again that Russia must be held accountable for its actions.. In this regard, we believe that Russia's violation of international law entails its international responsibility, and the damage that Ukraine has suffered as a result of Russia's violations of international law requires full and urgent compensation from the Russian Federation,"

The countries called on the international community to explore all the possibilities to assist Ukraine in considering the claim in the International Court of Justice.

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Kyiv accuses Russia of violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Read about the essence of the dispute and possible legal and political consequences in the article by Anastasia Moiseyeva “The case of genocide without genocide: what Ukraine asks the International Court of Justice”.