International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan intends to open an office in Ukraine to investigate crimes committed during russia's war against Ukraine.
He stated this at a briefing in The Hague, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
“We cannot fly in and out. We will work on opening an office in Kyiv for the next few weeks. We have already seen it, we have very good cooperation with the Prosecutor General. I think this is very important,” the ICC prosecutor said.
He reminded that on 17 May, the largest number of experts, employees of the Office and specialists from the Netherlands in the history of the ICC Prosecutor's Office was sent to Ukraine.
“I hope that we will be able to work with the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, providing support to Ukraine, which has the primary responsibility for conducting an independent investigation into crimes,” Khan added.
The prosecutor also noted that in addition to the six countries that are members of the Joint Investigation Team (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, Ukraine), there are 13 other states that are conducting structural investigations.
“We need to go deeper, use technology, artificial intelligence, clouds, and use different tools not only to put judges to justice but also to be able to provide conclusive evidence to national authorities so that they can use their legislation. We cannot tolerate the crimes we see in Ukraine,” Khan said.
The ICC prosecutor in The Hague, Karim Khan (Great Britain), himself initiated an investigation into russia's crimes against Ukraine. He describes the actions of the occupier as “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”. He noted that Ukraine is not a member of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC, or the Court), so it cannot transfer the situation to its office.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine believes that the top military and political leadership of russia will definitely appear before the International Criminal Court and will be responsible for every crime committed. This will be the Nuremberg Trials of the 21st century.