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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
International Court of Justice to hold hearings on Ukraine next week
The United Nations flag flutters in the wind next to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, the Netherlands, on August 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)
The International Court of Justice says it will hold hearings on March 7 and 8 over the war in Ukraine as fighting intensifies.
“The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) on Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 March 2022,” the court says in a statement.
