ICJ Upholds Russian Preliminary Objections in Georgia Dispute
By Brian Itami — On April 1, 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) upheld Russian preliminary objections in its dispute with Georgia over the application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) with regards to the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia. Georgia filed an application with the ICJ on August 12, 2008, four days after Russian forces entered South Ossetia and the same day on which Russian President Dimitry Medvedev agreed in principle to a European Union-negotiated ceasefire. The suit alleged Russian ethnic cleansing in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, violations of the […]

