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Security Council decides to fill International Court of Justice vacancy at election on 4 November, adopting resolution 2638 (2022).

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, told the Security Council that the adoption of a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity would “fill a significant gap in the current international framework.” UNIFEED

Albania’s Ambassador Ferit Hoxha said “we don't see any similarity” between Kosovo’s declaration of independence in 2008, and “the unprovoked military aggression of Russia in Ukraine” or the “prefabricated” Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic. UNIFEED

The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, has today delivered its Judgment in the case concerning Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Colombia). ICJ

Describing relentless Russian attacks against his country, Ukraine President challenges Security Council to act for peace or disband United Nations.

Russia must immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday, in The Hague. ICJ

The public hearing on the Request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Ukraine in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) was concluded today. ICJ

During his first briefing to the Security Council, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan said, “cogent and coherent allegations” continue to arise from Libya, and this requires a “new focus” from the Office of the Prosecutor, as well as “more engagement and more support” from the Council. UNIFEED

Security Council adopts presidential statement highlighting importance of preventive diplomacy in maintaining international peace, security.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said conflict prevention is “the very reason the United Nations exists,” adding that the Organization was created “out of the ashes of the Second World War with the intention, embedded in our Charter, to never again subject humanity to war’s inhumanity.” UNIFEED