Amnesty International advocates Kiev to ratify the statutes of the international criminal court the Rome Statute that the forces of iniquity committed in the area of Ukraine, could fall under international jurisdiction, said on Wednesday a senior research Director of the organization, Anna Neistat.

Amnesty International advocates Ukraine and the Russian Federation to ratify the Rome Statute of the international criminal court to ensure that when the national law is insufficient or national authorities will not have sufficient persistence in investigating committed war crimes, and to the one and to the other country could be used International justice and, for example, international criminal court, " said Neistat Last news .

The Rome Statute, which entered into force in 2002, is the basis of the activities of the ICC. The Russian Federation international Treaty signed in 2000, but until now has not ratified. So, in the Russian Federation, as well as the USA, China, Ukraine and Several other countries, the jurisdiction of the international justice does not apply. In April 2014 the government of Ukraine recommended the Parliament to urgently ratify the statutes of the ICC (Rome Statute), which were signed in 2000.

in this regard, the likelihood that the military transgressions committed to the ratification of the Statute, have the opportunity to be investigated retrospectively, " is quite small, no precedents, " added Neistat.

" I'll have the opportunity to precisely say that the ratification by Ukraine of the Statute will not lead to the investigation of the events, for example, in Odessa, and will only lead to investigation of those events that occur after the fact, " said Commissioner of Amnesty International.

Several dozen active participants " antimiani " lost his life on may 2 during a fire in the House of trade unions in Odessa. According to official figures, victims of 48 who received damage - more than 200. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stated that Kyiv inhibits the proceedings of the tragedy in Odessa and other cases of human rights violations in Ukraine.


The Protocol, signed in Minsk on the results of the tripartite meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the situation in Ukraine envisages the adoption by Ukraine of the law on the special status of Donetsk and Lugansk regions and the holding of early elections and includes twelve points.

Kyiv authorities from April conducted in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid-April in Ukraine were forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded.

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