Germany ralliedhundredsCiting evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, Attorney General Peter Frank said in an interview published Sunday that he called for an international mechanism to bring those responsible to justice.
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“Right now we are focusing on Butcha and attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine– explained Peter Frank, questioned by the newspaper Welt am Sonntag:. He added that most of the evidence was obtained from interviews with Ukrainian refugees. The goal is “prepare for possible future litigation, whether in Germany or with one of our international partners or through an international court“, he said.
Peter Frank explained that his services started investigating the situation in Ukraine in March 2022.We do not investigate specific individuals, rather we collect information and evidence“, he said. However, he recognizes that in order to prosecute war crimes suspects in Germany, they would have to be in that country.
In January, German Foreign Minister Analena Baerbock said she was in favor of creating a special tribunal to try Russian leaders after the invasion of Ukraine, possibly using Ukrainian law.
Hundreds of bodies
According to him, this court should be based abroad with international judges. “Who do we want to hold accountable? Leaders – those who made the decision to go to war and those who carry out that decision at the highest level of the military– said Peter Frank.
Hundreds of bodies have been found in the Bucha suburb of Kyiv since the Russian army was forced out in March 2022. The massacre sparked a wave of condemnation and accusations of war crimes, which Moscow has always denied. The prosecution was based on the principle of universal jurisdiction, which enables the prosecution of the most serious crimes, regardless of where they were committed, to try Syrians for acts committed during the civil war.
Based on the same principle, a group of people from Burma filed a lawsuit in Germany last month against the military junta, accusing it of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Source: Le Figaro
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