ICJ The International Court of Justice in The
Hague (ICJ) is to decide today on a Ukrainian demand for an emergency order
that Russia halt hostilities immediately. According to dpa and AFP, this is
going to be the first verdict of an international tribunal since the war broke
out three weeks ago. Ukraine has accused Moscow of having violated the 1948
convention on genocide and has called on ICJ to ask for an immediate cessation
of hostilities. Moscow boycotted the hearing in The Hague. The ICJ s rulings
are binding but it has no real means to enforce them. Yesterday the US Senate
unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian president Vladimir Putin as
a war criminal, in a rare show of unity in the deeply divided Congress. The
resolution encourages the ICJ and also nations to target the Russian military
in any investigation of war crimes committed during Russia s invasion of
Ukraine. US president Joe Biden is expected to announce an additional 800
million dollars in s