ICJ set to hold public hearings in Jadhav case

Hearings to start from Feb 18

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, will hold public hearings in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, self-confessed Indian spy, in February 2019.

The hearings will take place from February 18 to 21st 2019, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court, the ICJ announced on Wednesday.

In July this year, Pakistan submitted its second counter-memorial to India’s arguments on the conviction of the RAW agent before the world court in The Hague.



A month later, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Pakistan has concrete proof against Indian spy Kulbushan Jadhav and will triumph in the ICJ.

Commander Jadhav was captured in Balochistan in March 2016 and he later confessed to his association with Indian intelligence agency — Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) — and his involvement in espionage and fomenting terrorism in Pakistan.

In early 2017, the Field General Court Martial sentenced Jadhav to death, which was confirmed by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa on April 10 this year. On January 23, the ICJ gave a timeline to both Pakistan and India to file another round of memorials in the case.