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The UN aviation assembly has ruled that Russia was liable for the downing of a Malaysian airliner implicit Ukraine that killed each 298 passengers and crew, prompting calls for “reparations” for the families of victims.
Flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur erstwhile it was changeable down by a Russian surface-to-air rocket portion flying implicit eastbound Ukraine successful 2014 arsenic warring raged betwixt pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces. Among the victims were 196 Dutch citizens and 38 Australian citizens oregon residents.
The governments of Australia and the Netherlands said the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) would successful the coming weeks see what signifier of reparation was successful order.
Australian overseas curate Penny Wong said her authorities welcomed the determination and urged ICAO to determination swiftly to find remedies.
“We telephone upon Russia to yet look up to its work for this horrific enactment of unit and marque reparations for its egregious conduct, arsenic required nether planetary law,” Wong said successful a statement.
The Netherlands and Australia privation the ICAO Council to bid Russia to participate into negotiations implicit reparations, the Dutch overseas curate said.
“The determination is an important measurement towards establishing the information and achieving justness and accountability for each victims of Flight MH17, and their families and loved ones,” Caspar Veldkamp said successful a statement.
“This determination besides sends a wide connection to the planetary community: states cannot interruption planetary instrumentality with impunity.“
The ICAO, which is based successful Montreal, did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. The aviation assemblage sets planetary aviation standards adopted by its 193-member nations but lacks regulatory power.
Australia and the Netherlands person been seeking compensation and an apology, nevertheless Russia, which has denied engagement contempt the findings of an planetary investigation, unilaterally withdrew from negotiations with the 2 countries successful October 2020. The lawsuit with the ICAO was launched successful 2022 by Australia and the Netherlands.
In November 2022, Dutch judges convicted 2 Russian men and a Ukrainian man successful absentia of execution for their relation successful the attack. Moscow called the ruling “scandalous” and said it would not extradite its citizens.
In 2023, a squad of planetary investigators from the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Belgium and Ukraine said determination were “strong indications” that Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had personally signed disconnected connected a determination to proviso the rocket that downed formation MH17.
With Reuters
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