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The US, EU and Britain will support the investigation of Russian crimes in Ukraine

2023-05-13 08:18:49, Kosova & Bota CNA

The US, EU and Britain will support the investigation of Russian crimes in

Experts from the U.S. and several other countries will begin working with their Ukrainian counterparts within weeks to gather evidence and identify individuals involved in Russia's attack on Ukraine who could be prosecuted for the crime of aggression, he said. Voice of America an American diplomat.

The recently formed International Center for the Investigation of Crimes of Aggression was approved during a meeting in Warsaw by the group investigating war atrocities in Ukraine, made up of the United States, the European Union and Britain.

" The United States will send a special prosecutor, while other countries made different promises," US Ambassador for Global Criminal Affairs, Beth Van Schaack, told VOA during the meeting in Warsaw.

"The institution in question will start work at the end of this month, gathering experts who will work side by side with their Ukrainian counterparts in order to establish the basis for the application of individual criminal responsibility for the crime of aggression committed in Ukraine" , she said.

Hazel Cameron, with the British Foreign Office, told VOA that international partners are helping Ukraine gather evidence to ensure international justice is served. Britain is already providing expertise and resources, including mobile units to collect and document evidence, she said.

"Based on the highest possible standards, justice must be served," she said.

The new center, which will be based in The Hague, is part of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group that was established in May 2022 to support the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in the investigation and prosecution of conflict crimes. according to the website of the Department of State./ VOA





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