International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has released a list of states that have filed a lawsuit against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
There are 39 such countries, not 38, as initially reported. The Prosecutor's Office has received appeals on the situation in Ukraine from the following member states of the International Criminal Court: Albania, the Australian Union, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States Ireland.
"These appeals allow my office to launch an investigation into the situation in Ukraine from 21 November 2012 (beginning of Euromaidan, ed.), thus covering any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed on any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person," Khan said in a statement.
Work on gathering evidence has already begun.
As you know, the prosecutor of the ICC in The Hague, Karim Khan (Great Britain), himself initiated an investigation into Russia's crimes against Ukraine. He describes the occupier's actions as "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity".
He noted that Ukraine is not a member of the Rome Statute of the ICC, so it cannot transfer the situation to its office.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine believes that Russia's top military and political leadership will definitely appear before the International Criminal Court and be held accountable for every crime committed. It will be the Nuremberg Trials of the 21st century.