This order is binding. Further waging of war by the Kremlin, is not just a breach of international law but a violation of the decision of one key judicial bodies in the world.

This is a matter of national life or death. Her final words were: "I respectfully urge the court to issue your order with utmost urgency. We are in your hands."

It is not the first such declaration in history. A similar one was signed during the Second World War, which subsequently resulted in the Nuremberg trials where Nazi leaders were tried for war crimes. 

The war of the Ukrainian people against Russian invaders continues on many fronts. Now another front is starting - a legal war.