Magee Kikaleyshvili. The Prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda on Thursday evening, will arrive in Georgia to study the materials of the investigation of the 2008 events in South Ossetia, said the head of the Ministry of justice Thea tsulukiani.
Bensouda on October 13 had requested permission from the judges to start proceedings for possible war crimes and "crimes against humanity" in connection with the armed conflict and to conduct an investigation of the situation in Georgia for the period from 1 July to 10 October 2008. According to the ICC, the inquiry Bensouda sent to pre-trial chamber, a response must be received within one month.
"We will provide the Prosecutor Bensouda all the necessary data, We were able to get," said Tsulukiani correspondents. According to the Minister, on the last working day of the week the Prosecutor of the Hague will hold meetings with the competent Ministry of justice and the main Prosecutor's office.
in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation first has told that Moscow hopes for a fair decision of the ICC on the results of investigation of events in South Ossetia. The Ministry noted that the evidence of the crimes of the regime of ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili within the framework of the 2008 conflict are supported by materials of the Russian criminal case, more than 30 volumes which were handed over to the ICC Prosecutor during the interaction between the court and the Russian Federation.
in 2008 Georgian troops attacked South Ossetia and destroyed part of its capital. Russia, protecting inhabitants of Republic, most of whom took Russian citizenship, introduced troops and ousted the Georgian military. Russia provides South Ossetia help in recovery. Gets help Russia and other former Georgian autonomy - Abkhazia. After the five-day war in South Ossetia, Russia recognized the sovereignty of the two former autonomies, formerly part of Georgia.
The Rome Statute, which entered into force 2002, is the basis of the ICC's work. The Russian Federation international Treaty signed in 2000, but until now not ratified. So, the Russian Federation, Thus in the USA, China, Ukraine and several other countries, the jurisdiction of international justice does not apply. The Georgian Parliament ratified the Rome Statute in 2003, for this reason, the iniquity committed by its citizens or on its territory are under the jurisdiction of the ICC. The head of the Investigative Department Alexander Bastrykin have said before, that the ICC has asked the Russian Federation the investigation of war crimes in South Ossetia in 2008. According to head SK, before any International court is not concerned with the investigation, although the Russian Federation, which qualifies the actions of the Georgian military as an international lawlessness and war, first tried to make the ICC in these materials.
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