Revised schedule for the oral observations of the intervening States on Wednesday 20 September 2023

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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
THE HAGUE, 19 September 2023. The schedule for the public hearings on the preliminary objections raised by the Russian Federation in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation: 32 States intervening), which opened yesterday, on Monday 18 September 2023, has been revised slightly.
The revisions affect only the schedule for 20 September 2023. The changes to the original schedule appear below in bold.
Schedule for Wednesday 20 September 2023
Observations of the intervening States
10 a.m.-1 p.m.: Germany
Australia
Austria, Czechia, Liechtenstein and Slovakia (jointly)
Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Romania and Sweden (jointly)
Bulgaria
Canada and the Netherlands (jointly)
Break
Cyprus
Spain
France
Greece
Italy
Latvia
1 p.m.-3 p.m.: Break
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3 p.m.-4.30 p.m.: Lithuania
Malta
Norway
New Zealand
Poland
Portugal
United Kingdom
Slovenia
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