International criminal court (ICC) plans to start proceedings in relation to the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia, according to the letter.
"The mission of the international criminal court has written (it) on the situation in Georgia in the 1st pre-trial Chamber on notice of the Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of its intention to submit a request to the pre-trial Chamber about the start of the investigation into the situation in Georgia ", ? it is reported in circulation, RIA " Novosti ".
international criminal court considers that in the course of the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia was likely to be committed war iniquities, noted in the circulation. 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. Russia international agreement signed in 2000, but until now not ratified. So, the Russian Federation, as well as the USA, China, Ukraine and several other countries, the jurisdiction of international justice does not apply. In April 2014, the government of Ukraine recommended the Parliament to ratify the statutes of the ICC (Rome Statute), which were signed in 2000.

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