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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: U.N.'s Top Court Says it Has Jurisdiction in Part of Ukraine's Genocide Case Against Russia [Watch (HLS stream): U.N.'s Top Court Says it Has Jurisdiction in Part of Ukraine's Genocide Case Against Russia](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1FZlH3Cq.m3u8) (2:33)  _Published 2024-02-02. The United Nations’ top court said Friday it has jurisdiction to rule on a request by Ukraine for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide, but not on other aspects of a Ukrainian case against Russia._ --- Feb 2, 2024 11:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [U.N. Court Says Israel Must Prevent Genocidal Acts in Gaza, But Doesn’t Order a Ceasefire](/video/QMls2CVu/) ### U.N. 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Russian federation's first preliminary objection must therefore be rejected the armed conflict between the applicant in the respondent continues to this day the Judgment of the court regarding submission be will clarify the rights and obligations of the parties under the genocide convention in particular weather Ukraine active in accordance with its obligations under Article 1 of the convention. The court is mindful of its responsibilities in the maintenance of International Peace and security as well as in the peaceful settlement of disputes under the charter of the United Nations in the statute of the court is polish from the foregoing that submissions C&D in paragraph 178 of Ukraine's Memorial do not fall within the jurisdiction of the court and that the court may not deal with them on the merits. Well submission be in paragraph 178 of Ukraine's Memorial does fall within the jurisdiction of the court and they claim contained therein is admissible by 15 votes to 1. Finds that it has jurisdiction on the basis of article 9 of the convention on the prevention and Punishment of the crime of genocide to Entertain Entertain submission be in paragraph 175 the memorial of Ukraine in the international court of justice today's the court announced its decision that it has jurisdiction to proceed to the Married stage indicate Superman versus Russian Federation on the allegations of genocide. It is important that the court will decide on the issue that Ukraine is not responsible for some mythical genocide was the Russian Federation of falsely Elledge did Ukraine has committed has been committing since 2015 in dunbar's and that also it is important for us that the order on provision of the measures of 16th of March 2020 to remind in force as the case proceeds to Samara stage and So it's means that the obligation of the Russian Federation to immediately suspend all the military activities in the territory of Ukraine is there and it is a legal obligation which the Russian Federation last with steel. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"U.N.'s Top Court Says it Has Jurisdiction in Part of Ukraine's Genocide Case Against Russia","description":"The United Nations’ top court said Friday it has jurisdiction to rule on a request by Ukraine for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide, but not on other aspects of a Ukrainian case against Russia.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/1FZlH3Cq/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2024-02-02T22:13:35.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/1FZlH3Cq.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/1FZlH3Cq/","duration":"PT2M33S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/1FZlH3Cq/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```