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Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2023/47
19 September 2023
Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation: 32 States intervening)
Revised schedule for the oral observations of the intervening States
on Wednesday 20 September 2023

WRITTEN OBSERVATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA
5 July 2023
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
ALLEGATIONS OF GENOCIDE UNDER THE CONVENTION ON THE
PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE
(UKRAINE v. RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 32 STATES INTERVENING)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1
I. THE PRINCIPLES RELEVANT TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION
OF ARTICLE Ⅸ AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION ......................... 2

International Court of Justice
Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
(Ukraine v. Russian Federation: 32 States Intervening)
Written Observations of the Portuguese Republic
on the Construction of Article IX of the Genocide Convention and of Other Provisions
Relevant the Determination of the Jurisdiction of the Court
5July2023
I . Introduction
1. On 26 February 2022, Ukraine instituted proceedings at the International Court of

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Written Observations of
THE GOVERNMENT OF
SWEDEN
5 July 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 5 June 2023, the International Court of Justice ("the Court") decided that the
declarations of intervention under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court ("the Statute")
submitted by, among others, Sweden ("Order on Admissibility of the Declarations of