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17.07.2024
In the matter of bringing invaders to justice, Ukraine relies on the national judicial system, and international law should develop taking into account military aggression of the Russian Federation in order to prevent such agression in the future, Chairman of the Supreme Court Stanislav Kravchenko says.
In an exclusive interview with Interfax-Ukraine, answering the question of whether he, as the head of the Supreme Court, sees real prospects for bringing to justice the highest military-political leadership of the aggressor country, Kravchenko said: “International law should develop. If the situation is Ukraine will not be properly assessed in the context of improving international law, then it will lose the very meaning in itself.”
The head of the court emphasized that Ukraine is precisely raising the issue of this development, so that in the future the world can prevent severe unjustified aggression.
“Now we see an important development of this issue, namely, the creation of a tribunal for the crime of aggression at the Council of Europe. There have been no such precedents, so it is too early to talk about how it will develop further,” Kravchenko said.
As for the issuance of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court for the top political and military leadership of the aggressor country, the head of the Supreme Court said this has a certain impact. “But the key thing about them [warrants] is the possibility of detaining these individuals if they are in countries that recognize the ICC jurisdiction,” he explained.
Answering the question of whether it can be said that in general, in the matter of bringing the occupiers to justice, Ukraine should rely on itself, on the national judicial system, Kravchenko said: “That’s right. Regardless of whether a tribunal for the crime of aggression is created and how the ICC investigation progresses, national courts face the main task. Perhaps more than 99% of all war crimes are and will be considered by Ukrainian judges.”
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