Australia will today join 31 other countries delivering interventions before the International Court of Justice in support of Ukraine\u2019s case against Russia in response to Russia\u2019s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Solicitor-General Dr Stephen Donaghue KC will deliver Australia\u2019s intervention in the preliminary objections phase of the proceedings, arguing that the Court has jurisdiction to hear the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia strongly supports Ukraine\u2019s decision to bring this case before the International Court of Justice, which alleges Russia has violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia\u2019s attempts to use false allegations of genocide as a pretext to justify its egregious violations of international law in Ukraine undermines the rules-based international order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia stands against such attempts and is supporting Ukraine and the international community in holding Russia to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia continues to call on Russia to comply with the ICJ\u2019s legally binding order of 16 March 2022 to immediately withdraw its military forces from Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We remind Russia that, as a member of the United Nations, it is legally obliged to comply with decisions of the ICJ in any case to which it is a party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRussia must be held to account for its illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p> \u201cAustralia\u2019s intervention in the International Court of Justice today is just one way we are supporting Ukraine to hold Russia to account.\u201d<\/p> \u201cWe stand with the people of Ukraine and the 31 other countries who are supporting Ukraine in this case – we are stronger when we work together to address shared challenges.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Attorney-General the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia stands unequivocally with Ukraine in its fight to hold Russia accountable for the despicable allegations used as the pretext for its illegal and immoral invasion.\u201d<\/p> \u201cOur intervention before the International Court of Justice demonstrates Australia\u2019s unwavering commitment to upholding fundamental rules of international law and the integrity of the Genocide Convention.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australia will today join 31 other countries delivering interventions before the International Court of Justice in support of Ukraine\u2019s case against Russia in response to Russia\u2019s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine. Solicitor-General Dr Stephen Donaghue KC will deliver Australia\u2019s intervention in the preliminary objections phase of the proceedings, arguing that the Court has jurisdiction … Continue reading “Australia supports Ukraine in the International Court of Justice”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23011,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23010\/revisions\/23011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}