Ukraine v. Russian Federation (2017)
| 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) | |
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| Court | International Court of Justice |
| Citation | General List No. 166 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Abdulqawi Yusuf (President) Xue Hanqin (Vice-President) Ronny Abraham Mohamed Bennouna Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade Joan Donoghue Giorgio Gaja Julia Sebutinde Dalveer Bhandari Patrick Lipton Robinson James Crawford Nawaf Salam Yuji Iwasawa Peter Tomka Fausto Pocar (ad hoc) Leonid Skotnikov (ad hoc) |
The case 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) is a case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). On January 16, 2017, a representative of Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice to hold the Russian Federation liable for committing acts of "terrorism" and discrimination against Ukraine. The lawsuit alleges violations of the Terrorist Financing Convention and International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.