Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the UK (UK) filed a joint application Tuesday instituting proceedings in opposition to the Islamic Republic of Iran earlier than the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ) claiming that Iran has violated its obligations below the Conference for the Suppression of Illegal Acts in opposition to the Security of Civil Aviation (in any other case often called the Montreal Convention) because of Iran’s involvement within the taking pictures down of a civilian plane over Ukraine on January 8, 2020.
Ukraine Worldwide Airways Flight PS752 was shot down by navy personnel of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, with all 176 passengers and crew aboard the flight, a lot of whom had been nationals and residents of the applicant states, killed within the crash.
The candidates acknowledged that Iran “did not take all practicable measures to forestall the illegal and intentional fee of an offence described in Article 1 of the Montreal Conference, together with the destruction of Flight PS752,” and “subsequently did not conduct an neutral, clear, and truthful felony investigation and prosecution in line with worldwide legislation.”
Minister of State Lord Tariq of Wimbledon commented on the applying, saying, “We’re dedicated to pursuing justice for the victims and their households.”
The Worldwide Coordination and Response Group for the victims of Flight PS752, made up of the applicant states, mentioned in a joint statement:
We, ministers representing Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and the UK, have taken an vital step in our collective effort to make sure Iran is held accountable for the illegal downing of Ukraine Worldwide Airways Flight 752 (Flight PS752)…As we have now reiterated on a number of events, Iran’s actions and omissions in relation to the downing of Flight PS752 by 2 surface-to-air missiles launched by members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Power quantity to violations of Iran’s worldwide authorized obligations, for which Iran should take full duty.
The applicant states are searching for the ICJ’s jurisdiction below Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court and Article 14, paragraph 1, of the Montreal Conference, to which all 4 Candidates and Iran are events.
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