Meanwhile, reacting to the major development, Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, applauded the ICC step and accused President Putin of committing war crimes against children.
Pakistan on Wednesday during a joint sitting session of Parliament passed a bill to give Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to appeal as per the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Kulbhushan Jadhav will now be able to appeal against conviction in a Pakistan court as Islamabad has approved International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordinance 2020.
Three convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case have approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking a stay on the execution of their death sentence. The three convicts are Akshay, Pawan, and Vinay.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has delivered the verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav case in India's favour. The court asked Pakistan to review the death sentence awarded to Jadhav on charges of espionage and conspiracy against Pakistan. The ICJ also said that that Pakistan breached the obligations under the Vienna Convention by not informing Jadhav of his rights. For those knowing little about Kulbhushan Jadhav and the contentious case at the ICJ, here's a cheatsheet:
Kulbhushan Jadhav Case: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has granted consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav. ICJ has ruled in favour of India on merits, affirming Jadhav's right to consular access and notification. Read full court judgement.
Kulbhushan Jadhav, the 49-year old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by the Pakistani military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" after a closed trial in April 2017. India moved the ICJ in May 8, 2017 for the "egregious violation" of the provisions of the Vienna Convention by Pakistan by repeatedly denying New Delhi consular access to Jadhav.
The Kulbhushan Jadhav case is the fourth time the International Court of Justice would be adjudicating a case involving India and Pakistan. In the three previous cases, the ICJ has been careful in not passing judgments that could be seen as one-sided.
Jadhav, a retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.
Amidst fresh Indo-Pak tensions, top legal eagles of the two countries will present their arguments in the high-profile Kulbhushan Jadhav case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) here from Monday during four days of public hearings.
Pakistan’s petition will be in response to pleadings filed by India on April 17, in the Hague-based International Court of Justice.
The second round of written reply by India in the case was in response to the submissions by Pakistan in the ICJ on December 13 last year, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)said.
Pakistan’s confirmation for the meeting comes amid media reports suggesting that India was yet to provide details about the arrival of Jadhav’s relatives in Pakistan.
Bhandari received all 15 votes in the UN Security Council and 183 of the 193 votes in the UN General Assembly.
In his over four-decade-long career as a jurist, Dalveer Bhandari has served in various capacities as a lawyer and a judge in high courts as well as the Supreme Court.
"If the UK could not win in this run-off, then we are pleased that it is a close friend like India that has done so instead," Britain's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Matthew Rycroft, said in a statement.
Bhandari received 183-193 votes in the General Assembly and secured all the 15 votes in the Security Council after separate and simultaneous elections were held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
"Today it is Britain, tomorrow it could be any one of us" is the argument which has brought Britain, the US, Russia, France and China together.
Pakistan has decided to recommend nominate Tassaduq Hussain Jillani as an ad-hoc judge to the ICJ to hear the case of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav.
On May 8, India moved the ICJ for instituting proceedings against Pakistan for violations of the Vienna Convention in Kulbhushan Jadhav case.
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