Kirill Goratsiyevich Gevorgian (russian: Кирилл Горациевич Геворгян; born 8 April 1953) is a Russian jurist and diplomat. From 2003 to 2009, he served as Russia's ambassador to the Netherlands. In 2014, he was elected to the

International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice (ICJ; french: Cour internationale de justice, links=no; ), sometimes known as the World Court, is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN). It settles disputes between states in accordanc ...

for a term beginning the following year. On 8 February 2021, Gevorgian was elected Vice President of the Court, succeeding

Xue Hanqin Xue Hanqin (; born 15 September 1955) is a Chinese jurist at the International Court of Justice. On 29 June 2010, she was elected to fill the vacancy created by Shi Jiuyong's resignation on 28 May 2010. She is one of three female judges serving ...

. In March 2022, during the dispute between Russia and Ukraine on allegations of genocide ('' Ukraine v. Russian Federation''), Gevorgian voted against the adoption of provisional measures which ordered Russia to cease its special operation in Ukraine, as he believed the Court had no jurisdiction over the case. Nonetheless, the measure was adopted by thirteen votes to two, with Chinese jurist

casting the other dissenting vote. This conclusion notwithstanding, he voted in favour of the measure requesting the Parties not to aggravate their dispute since, as he declared, "the power to indicate such measure is a power inherent to the Court".https://www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/182/182-20220316-ORD-01-01-EN.pdf

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