Top UN court has jurisdiction in part of Ukraine’s genocide case against Russia

Presiding judge Joan Donoghue reads the International Court of Justice’s ruling (Peter Dejong/AP)

The United Nations’ top court said on Friday it has jurisdiction to rule on a request by Ukraine for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide, but not on other aspects of Ukraine’s case.

Russia and Ukraine have at various times accused each other of committing genocide.