Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine v. R

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

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Press Release
Unofficial

2017/13 No.

Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of
Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine v. Russian Federation)

Request for the indication of provisional measures

The Court to deliver its Order on Wednesday 19 April 2017

THE HAGUE, 10 April 2017. On Wednesday 19 April 2017, the International Court of
Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will deliver its Order on the request
for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Ukraine in the case concerning Application
of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the

International Convention on the Elimination of Al l Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukrainev.
Russian Federation).

A public sitting will take place at 3 p.m. athe Peace Palace in The Hague, during which
Judge Ronny Abraham, President of the Court, will read the Court’s Decision.

History of the proceedings

The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Releases Nos.2017/2 of
17January2017, 2017/4 of 1 February 2017 and 2017/11 of 9March2017, available on the

Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org) under the heading “Press Room”/“Press Releases”.

Multimedia

The sitting will be streamed live and on demand (VOD) on the Court’s website

(www.icj-cij.org/multimedia) as well as on UN Web TV, the United Nations online television
channel. Still photographs of the sitting will be posted on the same day, on the ICJ and UN Photo
websites, as well as on the Court’s Twitter feed (@CIJ_ICJ). Selected high-resolution video
footage (b-roll) of the event will be available for TV use on the Court’s website on the same day.
The sitting will also be covered by the UnitedNations television broadcasting service (UNifeed,

New York).

All ICJ photographs and videos are available free of charge, for non-commercial use.

For information regarding the accreditation/ad mission procedures for these hearings as well

as the video streaming options (low and high resolu tion) and practical information for the media,
please see below.

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A. Admission procedures

Owing to the limited number of seats available in the Great Hall of Justice, priority access
will be given to representatives of the States parti es to the case, and to members of the diplomatic
corps.

1. Members of the diplomatic corps

The Information Department requests members of the diplomatic corps who plan to attend
the reading to notify it accordingly before midnight on Monday 17 April 2017 (The Hague time),

by e-mail to [email protected]. Practi cal information regarding attending the sitting on
19 April 2017 will be sent by e-mail in due course.

2. Members of the public

A number of seats will be allocated to members of the public on a first-come,
first-served basis. There will be no advance registra tion procedure, and admission requests
submitted beforehand will not be considered.

3. Media representatives

Media representatives are subject to a compulsory online accreditation procedure, which will
close at midnight on Monday 17 April 2017 . Requests submitted after this deadline will not be

considered.

B. Further practical information for the media

1. Entry to the Peace Palace

The Press Room will be open from 1p.m. to 6p.m. Accredited media representatives must
bring with them their personalID and press card. They are asked to arrive at the Peace Palace

gates between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Only duly accredited individuals with valid identification will
be permitted to enter the Peace Palace grounds.

2. Parking at the Peace Palace, satellite vehicles

No parking is allowed in the Peace Palace grounds apart from satellite vehicles. Media
wishing to park satellite vehicles are requested to fill in the appropriate fields in the online
accreditation form. Televised media wishing to broadcast the sitting live should contact the

Information Department as soon as possible to ma ke the necessary arrangements. Satellite vehicle
technicians/drivers will be informed in due course of the access times for the Peace Palace grounds.

3. Access to the courtroom

Photographers and camera crews will only be permitted to enter the courtroom between
2.40 p.m. and 3.05 p.m. They will be accompanied by Registry staff members and must keep to the
right-hand side of the room.

4. Press Room

The reading will be transmitted live on a large screen, in English and French, in a press room
(located in the Small Hall of Justice) equipped w ith a shared Internet access (Wi-Fi, Ethernet).

TV crews can connect to the Court’s PAL (HD and SD) and NTSC (SD) audio-visual system and
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5. Videos, still photographs

As indicated above, video files (SD/MPEG 2 and HD/MPEG4) and still photos produced by
the Registry during the sitting on Wednesday 19 Ap ril 2017 will be available free of charge, for
non-commercial use, at the close of th e proceedings (to download, click on
www.icj-cij.org/multimedia).

6. Other media services

For further practical information (on request s for interviews, TV stand-up positions, audio

and video outputs available, etc.), please visit the Court’s website. Click on “Press Room”, and
then on “Media Services”.

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Note: The Court’s press releases do not constitute official documents.

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
It was established by the United Nations Char ter in June1945 and began its activities in

April1946. The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands). Of the six
principal organs of the United Nations, it is the only one not located in New York. The Court has a
twofold role: first, to settle, in accordance with in ternational law, legal disputes submitted to it by
States (its judgments have binding force and are without appeal for the parties concerned); and,

second, to give advisory opinions on legal questi ons referred to it by duly authorized United
Nations organs and agencies of the system. The Court is composed of 15judges elected for a
nine-year term by the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations.
Independent of the United Nations Secretariat, it is assisted by a Registry, its own international

secretariat, whose activities are both judicial and diplomatic, as well as administrative. The official
languages of the Court are French and English. Also known as the “World Court”, it is the only
court of a universal character with general jurisdiction.

The ICJ, a court open only to States for cont entious proceedings, and to certain organs and
institutions of the United Nations system for advisory proceedings, should not be confused with the
other  mostly criminal  judicial institutions based in The Hague and adjacent areas, such as the

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yu goslavia (ICTY, an adhoc court created by the
Security Council), the International Criminal Court (ICC, the first permanent international criminal
court, established by treaty, which does not bel ong to the United Nations system), the Special
Tribunal for Lebanon (STL, an international judici al body with an independent legal personality,

established by the United Nations Security Counc il upon the request of the Lebanese Government
and composed of Lebanese and in ternational judges), or the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA,
an independent institution which assists in the est ablishment of arbitral tribunals and facilitates
their work, in accordance with the Hague Convention of 1899).

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Information Department:

Mr. Andrey Poskakukhin, First Secretary of the Court, Head of Department (+31 (0)70 302 2336)
Mr. Boris Heim and Ms Joanne Moore, Information Officers (+31 (0)70 302 2337)

Mr. Avo Sevag Garabet, Associate Information Officer (+31 (0)70 302 2394)
Ms Genoveva Madurga, Administrative Assistant (+31 (0)70 302 2396)