At ICJ, Indian judge votes against Russia’s military operation in Ukraine
On 16th March the International Court of Justice has asked Russia to immediately stop its military operation in Ukraine. 13 voters were in favour of the direction to stop Russia, while 2 were against. Indian judge at the UN court Justice Dalveer Bhandari voted in favour of the majority, against Russia.
“The Russian Federation shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on 24 February 2022 in the territory of Ukraine,” said the ICJ order on Wednesday.
Though there are no direct means of enforcing ICJ orders and there have been cases where countries have ignored them.
The judges who voted in favour of the order were President of the ICJ Judge Joan E Donoghue (USA), Judge Peter Tomka (Slovakia), Judge Ronny Abraham (France), Judge Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco), Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia), Judge Julia Sebutinde (Uganda), Judge Dalveer Bhandari (India), Judge Patrick Lipton Robinson (Jamaica), Judge Nawaf Salam (Lebanon), Judge Iwasawa Yuji (Japan), Judge Georg Nolte (Germany), Judge Hilary Charlesworth (Australia), Judge ad hoc Daudet voted in favour of the direction.
Indian judge voting against Russia comes after India abstained from UN resolution against Russia.
The two ICJ judges who voted against the orders to Russia to stop its military activities in Ukraine were Vice-President Kirill Gevorgian from Russia and China’s Xue Hanqin.
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