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

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Press Release
Unofficial
No. 2019/50
19 November 2019
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) Fixing of time-limits for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Russian Federation
THE HAGUE, 19 November 2019. By an Order dated 8 November 2019, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has fixed 8 December 2020 as the time-limit for the filing of the Counter-Memorial of the Russian Federation 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 All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).
This decision follows the Judgment delivered on 8 November 2019, in which the Court found that it has jurisdiction to entertain the claims made by Ukraine under the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (ICSFT) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).
In the same Judgment, the Court rejected the preliminary objection raised by the Russian Federation to the admissibility of the Application of Ukraine in relation to the claims under CERD.
The subsequent procedure has been reserved for further decision.
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History of the proceedings
The history of the proceedings can be found in paragraphs 176-191 of the Court’s Annual Report for 2018-2019 and in its press release No. 2019/46 of 8 November 2019, available on the Court’s website (www.icj-cij.org).
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