Jul 30 () –
Poland has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to intervene in Ukraine’s case against Russia for alleged genocide, proceedings initiated in late February 2022 in response to Russian military aggression.
In its application, it states that “as a party to the Genocide Convention, Poland has a legal interest… in the proper implementation of the Convention by other States. Conscious of its own obligation to prevent violations of the Genocide Convention, Poland is aware that it cannot transfer arms or provide other assistance to a State committing genocide.”
“Therefore, an accusation of genocide directed at Ukraine simultaneously affects Poland’s legal position as a State providing a wide range of support to Ukraine, including its eastern regions, since 2014,” the ICJ document reads.
Ukraine initiated the proceedings at the end of February 2022, in response to Russian military aggression. It accused Russia of violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, in a complaint that was later joined by more than thirty countries, including Spain.
Russia, for its part, has questioned the jurisdiction of the Hague-based court, which in March 2022 called for an “immediate” halt to the offensive. However, the ICJ rejected earlier this year a series of objections filed by Moscow to dismiss the complaint.
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