Moscow’s attraction submitted to the Worldwide Court docket of Justice, the U.N. predominant judicial organ, contested ICAO’s resolution “on all grounds, together with on grounds of jurisdiction, relevant legislation, factual findings and deadly procedural violations,” the Russian Overseas Ministry mentioned in an announcement late Thursday.
In Could, the ICAO’s Council discovered Russia chargeable for taking pictures down the MH17 on July 17, 2014, with the lack of 298 lives, marking the primary time the worldwide aviation physique that represents 193 member states determined a dispute between governments.
The choice adopted the 2016 conclusion by a Dutch-led worldwide investigation that the Amsterdam-to-Kuala Lumpur airliner was shot down from Ukrainian territory held by separatist rebels utilizing a Buk missile system delivered from Russia. Moscow has denied any involvement within the MH17 tragedy.
The Russian Overseas Ministry charged that the Montreal-based international aviation company had failed to hold out a “complete, thorough and unbiased” worldwide probe into the crash and relied as an alternative on the “extremely questionable conclusions” of the legal investigation “carried out underneath the auspices of an get together, the Netherlands, and on the premise of adulterated information that had been largely offered by one other get together, Ukraine.”
“We hope that the Worldwide Court docket of Justice will take a completely neutral stance on this high-profile case,” the ministry mentioned.