Ukraine, in symbolic move, files European court case against Russia
(Reuters) – Ukraine, in a symbolic transfer, on Thursday stated it had formally filed a case in opposition to Russia on the European Courtroom of Human Rights to finish “the mass and gross human rights violations” by Moscow’s forces in the course of the battle in Ukraine.
The bid has no likelihood of substantive success, provided that on June 7 the Russian parliament accepted two payments ending the courtroom’s jurisdiction in Russia.
A Ukrainian justice ministry assertion stated Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was unlawful below the European Conference on Human Rights.
“The Courtroom will likely be invited to search out that Russia has been responsible of essentially the most flagrant, critical and sustained violations of the Conference ever positioned earlier than the Courtroom, and to award simply satisfaction on an equally unprecedented scale,” it stated.
The submitting covers the primary interval of the battle, from Feb. 24 till April 7, the date Russia successfully withdrew its floor forces from round Kyiv and different northern cities. Subsequent filings would cowl later occasions, the ministry stated.
Moscow has denied allegations by Ukraine and Western governments of human rights violations in the course of the battle.
In March, the United Nations’ prime courtroom for disputes between states ordered Russia to cease navy operations, saying it was profoundly involved by Moscow’s use of drive. The Worldwide Courtroom of Justice was responding to a case filed by Ukraine shortly after the battle began.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren; modifying by Grant McCool)
