The hearing in the case against Russia on charges of violation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Genocide begins in the Peace Palace in The Hague on 18 September, and Russia has decided to participate.

Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian ombudswoman for children’s rights, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Hague, has reported that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russians have deported more than 700,000 Ukrainian children to Russia.