Live: UNs top court rules on Ukraine accusing Russia of backing terrorism
Watch live as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UNs top court, rules on Ukraines case against Russia for backing terrorism, including shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Judges at the ICJ in the Hague, Netherlands, will hand down a judgement on Wednesday, 31 January. Ukraine accused Russia of shooting down a passenger jet, violating an antiterrorism treaty by funding proRussian forces in Ukraine. The MH17 flight was shot down by Russiancontrolled forces in July 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew. Ukraine filed the lawsuit on 16 January 2017 to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and accused them of violating the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, drawn up in 1999. And of violating 1965s International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Judgments of the ICJ, also known colloquially as the World Court, are final and without appeal, but the court has no way
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