Our Association’s expert, Borys Babin, participated in organizing workshops for law enforcement agencies, expert groups, and human rights organizations to discuss key legislative and law enforcement issues in the investigation of international crimes committed in the occupied territories of Ukraine, including Crimea.
The events were held on September 23 and 25 in Kyiv by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center with the support of the International Renaissance Foundation.
“The issue of classifying international crimes is particularly relevant now, as Ukraine has finally ratified the Rome Statute. This is an undeniably positive step that brings our country up to the level of the civilized world in the area of punishment for international crimes,” the expert emphasized.
Professor Babin also added that although the fact of an international armed conflict or occupation seems obvious, its applicability to a specific case, as well as the correct classification of events within a specific criminal proceeding, is an important task for the investigation and the court, especially given the limited practice of the Ukraine’s Supreme Court.
The criteria for assigning victims and survivors in international crimes committed by the aggressor’s structures were also discussed, with the participation of Association’s expert Anna Prykhodko.
The expert emphasized the importance of civil claims by victims of international crimes, both within criminal proceedings and in separate proceedings, examined situations involving the application of universal jurisdiction, and discussed the algorithms for communicating on specific cases with international structures and their monitoring missions in Ukraine.
