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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

International court of justice to fast-track ruling on Russian invasion

The court’s ruling will be binding, though it has no real means to enforce it.
The court’s ruling will be binding, though it has no real means to enforce it. Photograph: Michel Porro/Getty Images

The international court of justice (ICJ) has said it will decide “as soon as possible” on a Ukrainian demand for an emergency order that Russia halt hostilities immediately, after a hearing in The Hague that was boycotted by Moscow.

The UN’s highest court closed a hearing on Monday afternoon a day earlier than planned because of the Russian boycott. Ukraine said Russia was obliged to listen to whatever the ICJ ruled.

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