Australia's solicitor-general has argued the court has jurisdiction to hear the case.Australian officials have joined representatives from more than 30 countries at the United Nations' highest court as Ukraine challenges Russia's claims its invasion was carried out to prevent genocide.
"Nothing Russia says or does can distract from that fact," she told reporters on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday . Officials from 32 countries - including Cyprus, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand - delivered interventions in support of Ukraine at The Hague's Peace Palace.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says false allegations of genocide undermine the rules-based international order and Donaghue's intervention "demonstrates Australia's unwavering commitment to upholding fundamental rules of international law and the integrity of the Genocide Convention".
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