The Dutch government is taking Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the downing of Malaysia Airlines passenger Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said July 10 that the move is designed to support individual cases filed by relatives of some of the victims at the Strasbourg-based court.
“By taking this course of action the government is offering maximum support to these individual cases,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.