Three years ago, the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) issued a major ruling in Ukraine’s case against the Russian Federation

April 20, 2020

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission on its Facebook page recalls that 3 years ago, on April 19, 2017, the UN International Court of Justice ruled in the case of Ukraine vs. Russia. The court ruled that the Russian Federation should: 1️) ensure the availability of education in the Ukrainian language in Crimea; 2️) to refrain from restrictions on the representative bodies of the Crimean Tatars, including the Mejlis.

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"We urge the Russian Federation to act in accordance with the order delivered  by the United Nations International Court of Justice dated of April 19, 2017: to lift  the Mejlis ban and to provide the access to education in Ukrainian language in Crimea," the report said.