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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 ....