Legal decision
ICJ judgment, Ukraine v. Russia (CERD/Terrorism Financing), 2024
The International Court of Justice found Russia in violation of anti-discrimination obligations concerning Crimean Tatars and Ukrainian-language education, and of a provisional-measures order, in a final and binding judgment.
What happened
On 19 April 2017, the International Court of Justice ordered Russia to refrain from limiting the Crimean Tatar community's ability to conserve its representative institutions, including the Mejlis, and to ensure the availability of Ukrainian-language education in Crimea.[1]
On 31 January 2024, the Court found, by 13 votes to 2, that Russia violated CERD through the way it implemented Ukrainian-language school education in Crimea after 2014, and, by 11 votes to 4, that Russia breached its 2017 provisional-measures obligations by maintaining restrictions on the Mejlis; the Court also found, by 13 votes to 2, that Russia breached the Terrorism Financing Convention by failing to investigate certain alleged offenders. The judgment is final, binding and without appeal.[2]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: On 19 April 2017, the International Court of Justice ordered Russia to refrain from maintaining or imposing limitations on the Crimean Tatar community's ability to conserve its representative institutions, including the Mejlis, and to ensure the availability of Ukrainian-language education in Crimea.
- International Court of Justice, ICJ Judgment of 31 January 2024: 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) (International Court of Justice) link, Background on 2017 provisional measures. Source record
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Claim: On 31 January 2024, the International Court of Justice found, by 13 votes to 2, that Russia violated CERD Articles 2(1)(a) and 5(e)(v) through the way it implemented Ukrainian-language school education in Crimea after 2014, and, by 11 votes to 4, that Russia breached its 2017 provisional-measures obligations by maintaining restrictions on the Mejlis; the Court also found, by 13 votes to 2, that Russia breached Article 9(1) of the Terrorism Financing Convention by failing to investigate certain alleged offenders, while rejecting Ukraine's remaining terrorism-financing submissions by 10 votes to 5. The judgment is final, binding and without appeal.
- International Court of Justice, ICJ Judgment of 31 January 2024: 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) (International Court of Justice) link, Findings section. Source record