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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Stephanie van den Berg

World Court orders Russia to halt military operations in Ukraine

Demonstrators showing pictures of people affected by the war in Ukraine protest outside the building of the World Court as judges rule on a request from Ukraine to issue an emergency measure to order Russia to cease military activities amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in The Hague, Netherlands March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw

The United Nations' top court for disputes between states ordered Russia on Wednesday to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine, saying it was "profoundly concerned" by Moscow's use of force.

Although the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding, it has no direct means of enforcing them, and in rare cases in the past countries have ignored them.

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