ICJ to rule if Ukraine’s genocide case against Russia can proceed

The International Court of Justice in The Hague is to rule on whether Ukraine’s genocide case against Russia can proceed (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The International Court of Justice is to rule on Friday on whether it has jurisdiction to hear a case filed by Ukraine in the days after Russia’s invasion accusing Moscow of breaching the genocide convention.

In the highly-charged case, Kyiv claims that Russia breached the landmark 1948 convention by using trumped-up claims of genocide in the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk as a pretext for attacking Ukraine nearly two years ago. Ukraine also accuses Moscow of “planning acts of genocide”.