The draft statement to the ICC against the Russian authorities submitted to the Parliament of Ukraine

The draft statement in the international criminal court (ICC) the recognition of Ukraine its jurisdiction in respect of crimes against the Ukrainian people, as if made by the Russian authorities, submitted to the Verkhovna Rada.
Document prepared by the group of deputies, as well as among them the leaders of the parliamentary faction "Batkivshchyna", Yulia Tymoshenko, " Block Petro Poroshenko Yuriy Lutsenko and the Radical party of Oleh Liashko, reports a news Agency. Ukraine is not the 1st time refers to the ICC. So, Kiev in April last year, has accepted the jurisdiction of the international criminal court for crimes committed within the state from 21 November 2013 to 22 February 2014. However, as long as the ICC has not made any specific decisions on this." The office of the Prosecutor will continue to collect, verify and analyze data in order to determine whether there is reason to believe that in the course of events on the independence square in Ukraine were committed iniquity, falling under the jurisdiction of the court ", - emphasized in the report of the court of December 2, 2014. The ICC is an independent, permanent court based in the Hague, whose terms of reference include the review of cases involving the most serious crimes, such as genocide, war iniquities, transgressions against humanity and aggression. The activities of the court is based on the Rome Statute of the document, which At the moment has signed and ratified by 122 States, However, a number of countries, including the United States, Russia and Ukraine, the Statute has signed but not ratified. The jurisdiction of the court extends only to the participating countries, But other countries also have the opportunity to accept the jurisdiction of the ICC, by sending the appropriate Declaration. In addition, the court may initiate proceedings in any country at the request of the UNSC resolution. During the last period of time Kyiv takes a number of attempts groundless to accuse the Russian Federation in what is happening in Ukraine. So, the Verkhovna Rada on January 27 at the extraordinary meeting adopted an appeal to the international Association urging them to recognize proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national Republic / DND and LNR/ terrorist organizations, and the Russian Federation - " aggressor state ", and Also to strengthen penalties against it. This message, state Secretary - Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin called "irresponsible" and "reckless" focused " on the difficulty of moving forward to a much-needed compromise in Ukraine ". Similarly to the Parliament of Ukraine introduced a Draft decision on the temporary suspension of accreditation of correspondents of the Russian mass media by the state authorities of Ukraine.


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