Top UN court allows a record 32 countries to intervene in Ukraine's genocide case against Russia
The United Nations’ highest court says it has accepted requests from 32 countries to back Ukraine in a genocide complaint against Russia
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice has accepted requests from 32 countries to back Ukraine in a genocide case against Russia, the United Nations' highest court said Friday.
It's the largest number of countries to join another nation's complaint at the world court based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Ukraine's government filed the legally creative case days after Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022. The Kremlin snubbed hearings held the next month, while protesters holding Ukrainian flags chanted antiwar slogans outside the court building’s gates.
Latvia was the first country to intervene in the complaint, which alleges Russia violated the 1948 Genocide Convention by falsely accusing Ukraine of committing genocide in its eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions, and using that as a pretext for the invasion.
