Ukraine, Russia and the International Court of Justice, part four

By Esther Carenza (September 14, 2022, 9:34 AM EDT) -- The pearl for Ukraine is in Article XI of the Genocide Convention as with the former Yugoslavia and Holocaust cases. Ukraine sought to find the International Court of Justice’s Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae on the compromissory clause contained in Article IX of the Genocide Convention. A compromissory clause states the parties agree to subject a dispute to a third party for settlement. Ukraine and Russia are bound to Article XI of the Convention....