International Court of Justice convenes hearings on the war in Ukraine on March 7 and 8

The international Court of Justice said Tuesday that he will hold hearings on March 7 and 8 in a case brought to him by Ukrainewho accuses Russia to plan a genocide.

The presiding judge of the Court, Joan Donoghue, drew Russia’s attention “to the need to act in such a way that any decision of the Court can have the desired effects,” said the ICJ, the main judicial body of the United Nations, based in Hague.

In its lawsuit, the Ukrainian government accuses Russia of planning acts of genocide in its country and intentionally killing Ukrainian nationals.

Ukraine’s lawsuit was filed on Saturday before the ICJ, created in 1946 to settle disputes between states. Their judgments are mandatory and without appeal, but the Court has no way of enforcing them.

Ukraine asks the ICJ to intervene to impose conservatory measures, urgently, before the Court addresses the merits of the matter.

The presiding judge sent an “urgent communication” to the Russian foreign minister on Tuesday, “with a copy to the government of Ukraine,” the court said.