Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. The point is taken.

Accountability is extremely important because we have to call out Russia's cynical attempts to use the Council and other United Nations bodies to spread disinformation. Ireland voted to exclude Russia from the UN Human Rights Council and has co-sponsored three resolutions at the UN General Assembly condemning Russia’s aggression and calling for humanitarian access.

We supported the decision by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe that the Russian Federation should cease to be a member of the Council of Europe as of 16 March 2022. Ireland also submitted a request for leave to intervene as a third party in the proceedings brought by Ukraine against Russia before the European Court of Human Rights. We, along with EU partners, were one of over 40 states to refer the situation in Ukraine to the Office of the ICC prosecutor to pursue accountability for alleged atrocity crimes committed in Ukraine. Ireland has also filed a declaration of intervention at the International Court of Justice in Ukraine’s case against Russia.

The term "terrorist state" is not a legally defined term in either Irish law or international law. There is no statutory power to designate a country as a terrorist state. There is no doubt, however, that Russia's targeted and indiscriminate attacks on residential neighbourhoods and civilian infrastructure are designed to terrorise the people of Ukraine. I condemn these attacks in the strongest terms.

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