The largest number of experts in the history of the existence of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC was sent to Ukraine.
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan plans to open an office in Ukraine to investigate war crimes in Russia. He announced this in The Hague at a press conference on May 31, reports Interfax-Ukraine.
“We cannot fly in and out. In the next few weeks, we will work on opening an office in Kyiv. We have already seen this, we have very good cooperation with the Prosecutor General. I think this is very important,” he said.
According to Khan, on May 17, the largest number of experts, employees of the Office and specialists from the Netherlands in the history of the existence of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC were sent to Ukraine.
“I hope that we can cooperate with the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, which provides support to Ukraine, with the initial responsibility related to conducting an independent investigation of criminals,” said the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
He added that in addition to the six member countries of the Joint Investigation Group (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, Ukraine), there are 13 other states “conducting structural investigations.”
Recall that the war crimes of the Russian Federation against Ukraine are being discussed in The Hague.
According to Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova, approximately 200-300 war crimes are committed every day in Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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