Intervention

WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS
OF THE
GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA
ADMISSIBILITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN DECLARATION OF INTERVENTION
in the case of
Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide
(Ukraine v. Russian Federation)
13 FEBRUARY 2023
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1
II. THE DECLARATION IS LIMITED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROVISIONS OF THE

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS
OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
ON THE ADMISSIBILITY OF ITS DECLARATION OF INTERVENTION
13 Febmary 2023
In the case of
ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE UNDER THE CONVENTION ON THE
PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE
(UKRAINE v. RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
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I. Introduction
1. On 1 September 2022, the Federal Republic of Germany (“Germany”)
submitted to the Court a Declaration of Intervention pursuant to Article 63