un security council has such powers, at least they were written into the statute of the international criminal courtr those countries that have acceded to this statute, uh, the decision of this international criminal court must be implemented, but in due time. here, too, there are exceptions. and also, by the way, to say e in the context of that logic is not evading, which we say in the logic of exclusivity, when the international criminal court many years ago decided to take up the consideration of the facts, which , well, convincingly testified to war crimes of the united states armed forces in afghanistan . will be doing. with the question of investigating possible us war crimes in afghanistan, all these judges and other experts immediately will be subject to us sanctions. and it must be not very interesting for them, because many of them have bank accounts in the usa. children study at universities. well, and so on, so i cannot judge the motives that eventually led the international criminal court. in many ways, he has already greatly discredited himself with at least one of them. uh, the exampl

our base is open for both the office of the prosecutor general, we also work with the international criminal courth the international commission of inquiry in ukraine, which was created by the un human rights council , with the moscow mechanism, all and with other international structures, with the previous interlocutor, oleg havrysh, we talked about various aspects of creating a tribunal to consider the crime of aggression by russia against ukraine. as a representative of the public sector, do you not think that control over the process of creating this tribunal is necessary so that it does not there were analogues of the creation of other, let's say, bodies here even in ukraine, so that we know that the russian world is not sleeping, it will actively oppose this and so that there will be no interference in this work, especially from russia, it will be an international a court that will be created with the participation of several countries and within the framework of an international organization, and now our main role as a public sector is to convince countries because such a court must be supp

change of power in the russian federation or even the very fact of the decision of the international criminal court kind of criminal is an international criminal ? so, there is a private of the russian federation army who committed the most terrible war crimes. he is such a beast, so what kind of animal is he capable of such actions? to the responsibility of ukraine and how quickly we will be able to consider these crimes. of course, this is a very long process, this is a criminal law, it requires evidence that is beyond doubt, yes, 100% to restore all the events that took place, as we correctly said, in the occupied territory it is very difficult and therefore the ukrainian law enforcement system faces an extremely difficult task, which probably has not faced any law enforcement system since the second world war. it seems to me that our law enforcement system is currently working very effectively, we have secured the support of not only the international criminal court, but also law enforcement systems of other countries , we are actively cooperating with the prosecutor's office of canada with the

take, this includes existing pathways to accountability with ukrainian courts and the international criminal court's and the court of justice and courts around the world. when they establish jurisdiction over those accused of crimes in ukraine. the world must remain united in support of justice. with that i am here to take any questions. >> thank you. so i think -- i have to go back and look, but you ask lane my first question, which was the difference between this designation and also the prior one that the secretary made. so i think i get that distinction. my second question is does this determination change the approach that the administration has had a does have or will have going forward, in terms of evidence and support for the prosecutions. >> to elaborate on your first question, one of the designations is attack against a civilian population. that can only be committed in armed conflict situations. you could charge kimo tilly if you are a prosecutor, but there are some were crimes that can be committed in battle. prisoner of war in custody, we have that in ukraine. ukrainian prisoners of war

by the establishment of mechanisms for the investigation of war crimes, including the international criminal court internal legal process of ukraine , together, these parallel processes will help ensure a full investigation of all crimes and bringing the guilty to justice. the authority of the international court of justice in the hague , which was created by the international criminal for many years. it should not be weakened cream tribunal. it is important that we hold these discussions in close coordination with partners and involve institutions that are already conducting investigations. the international criminal court really has wide powers, its sentence is binding and cannot be overturned by any other court. however , they will be able to prosecute a person only in the countries that ratified the rome statute are a total of 123 states, and it takes years and sometimes decades for the international criminal court to issue a verdict, the result is not always satisfactory, for example, it was with in the case of georgia against the russian federation, the hague did not recognize the kremlin as

now, why is it that none of these massive investigations by ukraine, by the international criminal courtr countries into war crimes and crimes against humidity are looking at aggression? it is because right now there is no court that has jurisdiction to process- prosecute the crime of aggression. and why is that? at nuremberg, the trial of nazi leaders after world war ii, the crimes against peace, aggression was considered to be the supreme international crime, the worst crime, the crime that paves the way against all the other crimes. what happened is in the aftermath, the big victorious powers, they did not want to have the crime of aggression. they did not want their wars to go before an international court, to go before a judge. so the international criminal court, as it stands today, only has jurisdiction over war crimes , crimes against humanity, and genocide unless the alleged aggressor state both ratifies the icc treaty and consents to icc jurisdiction. and that carveout for the crime of aggression was specifically fought for and won by the united states, by france, and by the un

international justice. a special tribunal or a hybrid court, or just leaving it to the international criminal court. ready tell us what you think should be done according to the prosecutor of an of ukraine. he's actually dealing right now with above 66000 files and we are in the midst of an active conflict. so this is not finished. 66005 means untried. looked 1000, so victims who won't just his these sweet other stretch the capacity of any countries. and that includes ukraine. so the international commitment to tackle accountability must be absolutely there. it must take different forms. we welcomed the international criminal court. it is an important contribution for accountability. of course the national courts. abby role to play will that be sufficient? probably not. they are so many crimes that have been committed. we probably need additional investment additional mechanisms. the international community is very interested in trying the crime of aggression because russia committed a violation of the un charter. if it is a crime of aggression for which there must be accountability, the internation

the international court , this is what will be one of the guarantees of the long-term future security of both ukrainians and other peoples, we will ensure this. in ukraine, the international criminal court and the office of the prosecutor general, ukrainian law enforcement officers have detained hundreds of children in various cities of the country over the past few days , it is mainly teenagers who have become victims manipulators from russia, they came under the influence of the russian subculture, when the soviet union was crying and organizing mass killings, such a clash should have become an example in kharkiv. it is good that the law enforcement officers worked to get ahead of the national police. of the administrators, he turned out to be a 16-year-old resident of dnipro who claims to have used the popular name ridana to make money in kharkiv in the center and in the parks, police are on duty, the main goal to prevent mass clashes of teenagers provoked by curators from russia near the shopping center where a fight could have happened the day before, only small companies assure that they did not take part in yesterday's events, but they know those who were detained by the po

international criminal tribunal for yugoslavia. the former yugoslavia which eventually became the international criminal court. we said at that time, is this ever going to happen? could we imagine as a yugoslavia was falling apart and there was fighting in bosnia and kosovo in croatia in serbia that we would ever see milosevic in the dark. we did see that happen. things can change, therefore, we should never believe that prosecutions will not occur. and why are they important? they are under the security council's jurisdiction precisely because they are a piece making measure. we have worried so often about the fact that russians don't seem to know what's going on in their country. they don't seem to know what this war has meant for the ukrainians. trials are a way for them to learn about that. it means that is away from russia itself to rebuild after this terrible conflict, we should never give up on war crimes. a w senior political analyst melinda crane, helping us break down everything that president lensky just said. thank you so much . now german chancellor will have saw it says among the world leaders ma

murder , torture, we are talking about the fact that these are crimes against humanity. the international criminal courtas jurisdiction over war crimes and crimes against humanity, and the responsibility for these international crimes is more or less the same, but in our case, you see that we have all four international crimes. yes, we also have war crimes, we have and crimes against humanity, we also have the crime of aggression. we may also have the crime of genocide, so here you see the russian federation is committing almost everything that is prohibited by international law, as a special possibility we have the crime of genocide with the crime of genocide, the difficulty of proving it, it should be directed specifically against the ethnic group, in our case, ukrainians , that is, the removal of children to the territory of the russian federation, to us, children living in the territory currently occupied by the russian federation, namely, ukrainians, are being removed is a defining requirement for proving the crime of genocide, it is a very difficult process, we need to prove it, of course there is

the international criminal court and the un have also opened up their own investigations. but justice can be slow, often taking years to examine crimes committed in minutes, minutes. that will stay with alexander forever. he spoken to both ukrainian and international investigators, hoping it might help with the pain i'm sure on. i will feel much better law when there are results and not just legal procedures for the floods. people who have been given a shock. he to knew the booklet i. for now, he kept his family home exactly as it was. the children's toys are still in their drawers. the bet sheets are fresh and their pictures are everywhere. it's not always easy being surrounded by reminders of the life he's lost. but until alexandre finds justice for his family, that is all he's got. their report by our corresponded i an uber him earlier we asked her about alexander and whether he will ever find justice for his family. well, we did try to speak to the keith prosecutor to get some details about alexander's case. he could really give us any details, but we know i know by sp

no international court or previously created tribunal can the international criminal court in the hague cannot consider the case of the crime of aggression because neither ukraine nor russia and belarus have ratified the rome statute of the international criminal court. functional individuals, therefore , such a tribunal is necessary, given that it will be an international mechanism and not only ukraine will be represented there as a party to the conflict, but also as a victim of aggression. and there will be others partners, he will ensure the transparency and objectivity of the consideration of such a case according to international laws. there are two options for creating a special tribunal . it can be initiated by the un security council, but it is unlikely that russia, which is still in the security council , leads such a decision. it would be mandatory for the parties. and, accordingly, this would solve the issue , but we understand that in the situation of ukraine, such a development of events is unlikely as long as russia is part of the organization and has the right to veto, an

requirement to work together to collect such evidence because in order to prove in the international criminal courtthis is an international conflict and not an internal conflict , we had to find clear evidence actually we were looking for those chevrons we we were looking for the names of the military units that were present, we know that they were there, it was already proven, but it was painstaking work, which, well, was actually obvious to us from the results, but we needed legal evidence and needed to directly spend time now on such things as if time is not wasted, but things are wasted on destroying the enemy and our boys are dying, i want to talk with you a little about the tribunal because, first of all, what will we think about after the victory, everything is about justice and we are already thinking about it now they have appeared clear certain legal details of the special table with the process as it is currently developing, are you satisfied as a human rights defender or do you also see certain points that need to be corrected immediately, but they are not sent , that is, certain mistak

and we suggest that the office of the prosecutor general intensify cooperation with the international criminal court regarding investigation and prosecution . vasylivna p. golovu dear colleagues, we are also considering a draft resolution that concerns the recognition of all, without exception , private military companies of the russian the federation of terrorist organizations, on behalf of the team of authors, i want to thank the committee of foreign affairs, which today promptly considered this issue and brought it to the session hall through the adoption of a decision on conciliation. i also thank the team of authors, which included deputies of european solidarity, deputies of the voice , the head of our delegation in the nato parliamentary assembly, yehor chernivtsi for the fact that we registered this resolution on time, unfortunately, it was three years ago, and i think that if we had considered it on time, we would have taken more a proactive position on the international arena, so why is it important to adopt this particular resolution, colleagues? i ask you to pay attention not to the name

and so she's the united states just said a little to addressing the prosecutor international criminal court and others doing that if they go on with investigating possible war crimes by the states, all those judges and experts because in the sense, well it will be faced with american sanctions straight away and to show you many of them have bank accounts in the united states or children studying at u. s. colleges . so that is quite a threat disturbing. and i don't know what motives special criminal court had at the time. it has already discredited itself by cases like this. but to sum it up, no expert at the u. n. can say that they really reviewed or that they made an investigation into some war crimes. there is a procedure and western colleagues are trying to break, but those procedures and to undermine the authority of the security council. you readiness and to manipulate the general assembly. more cheating, blatantly, ignoring the mandate of the body shop granted money when charter the secretary and to manipulate the secretariat of the united nations will be much features essentially wha

should be punished to the president volodymyr zelenskyi met with the prosecutor of the international criminal court karim khan, the terrible crimes of the russians on the territory of ukraine should not go unpunished, the head of state emphasized and also noted the importance of quickly opening the office of the prosecutor of the international criminal court in ukraine, in addition, he asked for help from the issues of the return of ukrainian children from russia and the determination of the exact number of dead in the temporarily occupied territories, in turn, the prosecutor karim khan - declared his readiness to speed up the work so that the world would see justice. protests engulfed chisinau in the capital of moldova. anti-government actions are taking place organized by the pro-russian party shor. the rallyists demand a guarantee that the state will not be involved in russia's war against ukraine, and chanting pro-russian slogans. the participants of the action blocked a number of central highways. at the entrance to the city from the north and partly from the south, there were attempts to brea

the international criminal court and the un have also opened up their own investigations. but justice can be slow, often taking years to examine crimes committed in minutes, minutes. that will stay with alexander forever. he spoken to both ukrainian and international investigators, hoping it might help with the pain. with them the would. i want to look this people in the i us that's when a will know cause they have been punished thus, i'm sure on the i will feel much better about when there are results and not just legal procedures, but the thought heads people who have been given a shock he to knew that book lot of for now, he's kept his family home exactly as it was. the children's toys are still in their drawers. the bed sheets are fresh and their pictures are everywhere. it's not always easy being surrounded by reminders of the life he's lost. but until alexandre finds justice for his family. that is all he's got. well, earlier i asked d. w. special correspondent, abraham, who fall that report. the chances of alexander ever finding justice for his family . well, we did

the international criminal court has opened a case. russia does not recognize the i c c. so that might be challenged to ever bring him to justice there. there's also suggestion, for example, by the european permit for an international war tribunal were russian war leaders could eventually, you know, face justice, but that the timelines on that are very, very long. and it's something that people here in boucher know, well they can't wait for justice, but they're aware of the situation. my impression here walking around the town is that it's a town on the men. there's a lot of reconstruction. people are picking up their lives again, and i'm joined here by the deputy mayor of butcher someone who knows a lot about this miss. melina scorecard. and i just want to ask you in this you know, almost one year mark of the strategy here in boucher of russian troops walking the streets. how are you feeling today? how are you in all that 2 days ago, a general prosecutor, prosecutor of ukraine was inside the church, together with the families who suffer to lost their relatives. and we be

principal objection to the international criminal court is not that they are investigating africa ore, the principal objection is that the icc purports to investigate crimes committed by citizens of nonstate parties. so, the u.s.' big objection is that the icc could investigate alleged u.s. war crimes in ukraine. excuse me, afghanistan. u.s. is not a party but the afghanistan is. icc similarly is investigating more crimes and crimes against humanity by russian forces, even though russia, like the u.s., is not a party to the icc, but is allegedly committing more crimes and crimes against humanity on the territory of the state where ukraine is a party. the same double standard would come in in terms of aggression prosecutions. vice president harris did not talk about the crime of aggression. one interpretation of why she made such a strong statement crimes against humanity this weekend is perhaps so that she did not have to talk about crimes of aggression, so the u.s. could tiptoe around this. amy: we are coming up on the 20th anniversary of the u.s. invasion of iraq, march 2003. >> ex

the end of june, the countries that are the most they support us, they also support the international criminal court the most, and for a long time they had a dilemma as to how to create a tribunal that would essentially perform the work that the international criminal court should perform, that is, they were worried that this would lead to the fragmentation of the international justice system, we for a very long time we worked with them, convinced them and found a solution, that is, they removed this argument, but it will really take time. and his entourage, it is necessary to assemble the largest global coalition that will represent all regions of the world to participate in this tribunal and the third legal problem is the issue of the immunity of the highest officials , what to do with this, we are solving all these problems step by step, the answer is with us in direct communication from new york was iryna solomko. she followed the debates of the emergency session of the un general assembly regarding the resolution that calls for finding an all-encompassing , just and durable peace in accordance

yes, we're good tied to international criminal court, which is what can had my head with us on daily basis. and we're sure that totally there. so the russian federation would be practical with an international ukrainian legal system, the ukrainian core system called coat with that number of cases. if you bring a show show, the whole system is shocked. criminal justice system is struck with such a number of cases. that's why, but we try and we have no other option. what not doing to to get the justice and now national jurors of how do you go about investigation? will cars. so we have procedure, their steam was specialized among that we have for our regional teams. which on the immature so on the ymca live in the, in harkey, on daily basis fixing fixing and fixing evidence is within data in that that basis . our international partners on the ground with us. we have teams from friends, from spain, from lithuania, who come and helps us. good stokes hearing that he thinks needs to be a yellow house. now, let's go to the metro here in key. if you creams, system has become a source of safety

living in europe and ex investigator from the international criminal court, noted the paradox of caesar's case. that has tremendous emotional and human value. it put sir, a human face on the documentation on the charges. it's a dead human face, but it's a human face. and that's ultimately i think where we're going to see the value of the season materials. but letting the world know what's happening is not the same as putting together a criminal case. i'm sorry to be so positive at this positive, sophistic about it. but we have to am that the criminal investigations are not very emotional from a criminal investigative point of the point of view. it's, it's, it's good. it works well with our other material. but in and of itself, would it make a case against a shot? no, none, no, not at all. not at all. ah. in these offices, william wiley assembled a team of arabic speaking lawyers for years now they have sorted translated and analyzed documents used by the administration of the syrian regime. it's the only way, according to him, to obtain evidence against a higher ranking officers on the gr

and the way to overcome that is the international criminal court, the international criminal court doesity of head of state, but they only can prosecute putin, and they are investigating, of course, putin's involvement in all sorts of crimes being committed in ukraine since war crimes since 2014. but for mh-17 to also be able to prosecute for mh-17. it needs to be a war crime. that is what the investigation said. we just don't have the evidence for that. for war crimes, you need a very high standard of intent to kill civilians. and what the information mostly shows is that there was an intent to use that missile to launch it, to shoot against ukrainian military jets and that probably it was a mistake that they hit the civilian plane. >> it's going to be frustrating for the families, the victims of this crash. i was there in 2013. i was in amsterdam, and across the netherlands, talking to the families who lost loved ones, including a father who lost his 17-year-old daughter. his name is hans, i've stayed in touch with him over the years. i had him on this show in march when russia invade

the international criminal court has juice dicrisdiction over th happening on the border of ukraine and that jurisdiction is open to look at any crimes by any party. if there were genuine allegations of crimes committed by ukrainian soldiers it could investigate that, but every piece of evidence that we've seen to date suggests that the bulk of the crimes are being committed by russian forces. >> you've worked as a prosecutor at the international criminal court. what are the odds of seeing any russians including high-level russian officials held accountable for what has taken place in ukraine? >> there is no doubt in my mind that we are going to seek some level of accountability. the only question is how much and how high up will it go in terms of russian leadership. so the international court has been investigating for months gathering evidence, building the cases. we will see those prosecution start to go forward and in addition, in this situation, and perhaps unlike atrocities we see in syria or in yemen, here we have the ukrainian government itself very keen to see accountability fo

in new york, the united nations had to be convinced to refer the keys to the international criminal court the i c. c. previously investigate crimes against humanity. war crimes committed in uganda, the democratic republic of congo, and our for. but there was one obstacle. syria is not a member of the i. c. c. an investigation required. the unanimous votes of the permanent members of the security council, including russia, an unwavering ally of damascus. when he got up for bella, me that boise again you say this is young kids on peace body. mom you consider situated as a foreign hospitals, visibly more devoted, more naughty, and f, as you want. don't also d co put that crucial hondo's here were purely you, diana walk, if you pose a decimal damage could as just discuss the apathetic complicate bus at that be to seal pussy at f as human it could be that you will further than pass. yeah, definitely deception. yeah. make you panic. i don't get that has always shown a bessie. the french diplomatic service was prepared. i must warn you. this is a grim session. once again, the photographs were sh

and this is the main document on which the international criminal court works , and we continue workh we have because it is actually working, but not quite at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, there are 11 criminal cases under article 441 of episodes of episodes of ecocide, these are cases that are recommended documented fixed but as of today we are collecting this data in order to receive reparations in the future a-a total of 11 cases does this apply to large natural objects and therefore it is very interesting and a problem at the national level we have this article but in fact it is not working due to the fact that there is no improvement of the terminology regarding ecological disaster and mass death of animals, when we talk about mass death of animals - it is not only mammals, it is insects - it is other representatives of mysofauna, for this you need a-a to have one hundred percent proof, that is, a legal definition, and to prove it to the point that the matter really is this problem. it just went into some legal corner, and it went into a corner that i think we will be

but our aim is to find everyone who is responsible for committing c >> the international criminal court be able to pursue russia'most senior leadership. ukraine wants to create a special tribunal, an idea supported by the european union, but not the u.s. >> i'm optimistic. i believe the final decision will be to support the special tribunal because the crime of aggression was a primary war crime. without this there would be no 65,000 war crimes committed. no people killed, tortured, raped, or illegally displaced. using all the procedures of the international criminal court within the special tribunal to make it credible also from the criminal procedural point of view. >> the americans and the europeans in t last few days have talked about an interim prosecutor from the big -- hague together evidence. is that good enough? >> it is a very good idea. bringing in prosecutors from other jurisdictions wch will select evidences for the case of the crime of aggression for the future tribunal. >> simultaneously, he vows to fight an internal war against corruption. the equivalent of fbi agent's a

international criminal— happening. well, we are waiting on the international criminal court - the international criminal court that hass going on. and we also know that particularly strategy that he emphasised since october, which is the punishment of the population for daring to stand up to russia. the kind of attack on utilities, on heat and light and basically trying to freeze people to death in the winter is very clearly an attack on civilians. and that is a war crime. and it is coming from him. and it doesn't have anything to do with the progress at the front to anywhere and i think there is a very strong case there for the intentional targeting of civilians and the disproportionate use of force against civilians without the military advantage to justify it. in which he could be charged. if that were to happen, the question would be how do you bring him into custody? he of course most court doesn't have jurisdiction it does because these crimes being committed in a country that has given its jurisdiction to the icc. then the question of whether other states would condition russia's re—entry needs an international

what will happen and the international criminal court what's happening in ukraine.ports within ukraine. they begin to collect evidence. they documented. they ensure that it is carefully managed and maintain so that when you eventually do have a trial, you have evidence you can actually use that trial. there will be a process of beginning an investigation as to whether who particularly is responsible. we know that these crimes are being committed, that there were crimes and crimes against humanity being committed in ukraine. who is responsible in order for there to be a criminal trial you have to identify particular people who have made those decisions. who are responsible for it. and who can, in fact, eventually be tried for it. they are trying to determine who those individuals are. they'll be collecting evidence. they'll be securing that evidence. making sure that it is maintained in a secure and safe locations that can be used properly in a court. and then, they will eventually issue indictments. and arrest warrants. those are all things that can happen even befo

nick: the international criminal court would not be able to pursue russia's most senior leadership forrime of aggression, so ukraine wants to create a special tribunal, an idea supported by the european union and united kingdom but not the u.s. >> i am optimistic and i hope in coming days or weeks we will have political decisions of the u.s. government to support the ad hoc special tribunal for the crime of aggression. i believe the final decision will be to support the special tribunal because crime of aggression was a primary war crime. if aggression would not occur, there would be no 65,000 war crimes committed, no people killed, tortured, raped, or illegally displaced. one of the initiatives of ukraine is also to use all the procedures of the international criminal court within this special tribunal to make it credible also from their criminal cedro point of view. nick: the americans and even europeans in the last few days have talked about an interim prosecutor in the hague together evidence of the crime of aggression that is separate from a special tribunal. is that good enough?

the international criminal court in the hague, netherlands, the normal venue for trying these types ofcus on more high-profile suspects and cases. and the icc is also collaborating with several european nations, whose laws allow them to prosecute war crimes in ukraine. for more on this, i'm joined by the retired united states army colonel, yevgeny -- he's an international law expert and a former ukrainian legal advisor with the white house national security council. he's been to ukraine six times since last june, visiting these devastated cities throughout the country and to investigate war crimes on behalf of the atrocity crimes advisory group. good to see you, thank you for being with us. >> thank you all for having me here. >> i'm asking you in the break, how do you think about, there's lots of evidence for these war crimes. there people cell phone video, this satellite video, there's also some ways to corroborate it. probably more so than many other conflicts in the past. but there are no leaders to arrest. there are no leaders to charge. there is no one to hold to account just yet

third, within all of the criminal proceedings that we have in international criminal court, and courts of justice and european court of human rights, the end result of all of these decisions could and should to reparations, confiscation and the material aspects of russia paying for what they have done. absolutely, yes. >> hold on a second, that may get a microphone so people can hear you. >> i am the head of a capital intelligence group and we have a special service called ci ukraine. this is as you as a former deputy primate -- finance minister, how is wharton's -- how important is it to mobilize, we have occupied southern and eastern ukraine. you are very dynamic with good companies and western investors have been investing even before february 14 and u of cargo and other ones. how is your effort to get that investment mobilized and the private sector, you have caterpillar and the biggest producer of generators and then a group from finland and northwest ukraine is good with four straight. i think one is going to invest a fund for war insurance, and you have others, and i was wonderi

kony is an aggressive, messianic warlord wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. hutson: kony leads a fierce band of a couple hundred remaining fighters who originated from northern anda, but who now predate throughout congo and central african republic up into the sudans, and they commit mass atrocities. they'll take their machetes and systematically take apart a mother and feed her to her children. narrator: the lra killed tens of thousands, displaced almost 2 million people, and abducted over 60,000 children. they turned girls into sex slaves and boys into child soldiers. the lra supports such atrocities by poaching elephants and trading ivory. much of kony's ivory comes from garamba national park in the democratic republic of the congo. hutson: garamba is considered to be at the end of nowhere. it is one of the last wild habitats. narrator: the lra raids the 1,900 square mile park with impunity and trades ivory for arms, ammunition, food, and cash. their trading partners include the armed forces of sudan. sudan is a country designated by the u.s. gov

of ukraine he should be brought to justice, then we will support the activities of the international criminal court will work together to ensure responsibility for these crimes , in particular for committing the crime of aggression, and that is why we support the creation of an international center that will this is persecution for those crimes that were committed. in addition, russia must pay for the restoration of ukraine, and we will consider the possibility of special mechanisms for this, ukraine and the eu have a common goal to put an end to this war while respecting the sovereignty and integrity of ukraine, and that is why ukraine's initiative regarding the peace formula is important. at the summit last june, 27 members voted to grant candidate status for ukraine. this was a very important step since then, and ukraine has made considerable progress , especially in the judicial reform in the fight against corruption, and you continue to strengthen measures from the rule of law because this is the benefit of every ukrainian and we will help you at all stages, we will work together to fully use

there are , hmm, a very large number of different instances, for example, there is an international criminal courthere is an independent international commission created by the un, there is a gas court and a special court for isolation, which also needs to be created , so it is a little unclear to me now although i have a signed mdi. that is, i cannot disclose what is in it, but i do not understand what exactly they are collecting there, because these processes are ongoing . as far as i understand, commissioners or investigators record violations that were there, for example, encroachment on life , violations of humanitarian law, and so on. in addition, it is necessary to understand that, for example, the commission that i spoke about at the un also records possible crimes from our parties well, that is, if a civilian could say that, for example, his car was taken away from him or something, then they should also record it , only in such cases, i don’t know , i can’t say what exactly will be in the gas, i still don’t know about leaving, maybe i wo n’t i won't go, i will testify online because it's

the international criminal court and the un have also opened up their own investigations. but justice can be slow, often taking years to examine crimes committed in minutes, minutes. that will stay with alexander forever. he spoken to both ukrainian and international investigators, hoping it might help with the pain rhythm the would she? i want to look this people in the i reads people who have been danny shock. he knew that book lot for now. he's kept his family home exactly as it was. the children's toys are still in their drawers. the bet sheets are fresh and their pictures are everywhere. it's not always easy being surrounded by reminders of the life he's lost. but until alexander finds justice for his family, that is all he's got will. joining us from paris is alexandra murphy choke. she's head of the center for civil liberties and organization and keith. the chair of the 2022 nobel peace prize for its work. documenting war crimes and human rights abuses . welcome to the 2 of you. so we just heard from a father who lost his family in boucher. he's one of tens of thous

yes, we're good tied to international criminal court, which is what can had my head with us on daily basis. and we're sure that totally there. so fresh in situations would be practical with an international ukrainian legal system. the ukranian court system can't cope with that number of cases. if you bring a show, i'm sure the whole system is shocked. criminal justice system is struck with such a number of cases. that's why, but we try and we have no other option, would not do it to get the justice anal. national jurors of how do you go about investigating cars? so we have particular steam quite specialized on that. we have for our regional teams, which on the ymca so on the ymca live in the, in harkey, on daily basis fixing, fixing, and fixing evidence is putting data in that, that basis. our international partners on the ground with us. we have teams from friends from spain, from with way net, who common helps us could talk to you very many thinks needs to be alone out here. now, let's go to the metro here in key. if you cranes, system has become a source of safety for thousands of

initiatives can be blocked at any moment . don't admit it either the jurisdiction of the international criminal courtprosecutor of the international criminal court, who initiated the investigation, and he even sanctions crimes against american soldiers in afghanistan. well, that is, the americans do not recognize international investment, like do not bother us. that is , when we say when the russian authorities. we say, uh, i focus on international experience. they often say so, but there is also a reason for this. they come up with almost nothing, and then again there is question and these people teach e russia to live. they are so easy to catch on inconsistency, which is what russian propaganda does with great pleasure. so you can heal friends. today they said that the americans are not allowed to visit them, but the russian bases must be checked; the same with the elections ; and if this is an american election, they can cast a president to stand up and pray. for bloggers of a multi-millionaire, this discovery was nikolai ivanovich, who told me how the question was first raised that she had arrive

putin lukashenka and lavrov for aggression against ukraine, no international court or previously created tribunal, the international criminal court in the hague cannot consider the case of the crime of aggression, because neither ukraine nor russia and belarus have ratified the rome statute of the icc. a special tribunal is essentially a new judicial body that will have the authority to judge the top management of the aggressor state, the highest officials. they have certain immunities , diplomatic, functional, personal, therefore such a tribunal is necessary considering that it was an international mechanism and not only ukraine will be represented there as a party to the conflict, but also as a victim of this profession. the tribunal can be initiated by the security council of the united nations, but it is unlikely that russia, which is still in the security council , hides such a decision, it would be mandatory for the parties and, accordingly, it would solve the issue, but we understand that in the situation of ukraine such the development of events is unlikely as long as russia is a member of the organization and has t

to conclude a multilateral an agreement by analogy with the nuremberg tribunal or the international criminal court is another way kyiv signs an agreement with the un on the basis of a security council resolution that the truth is that there are great risks here that russia will block the initiative with its right of veto to avoid this collision , the secretary general offers a third option ukraine's agreement with the un, but already on the basis resolutions from the general assembly. as for the council of europe , its leaders see its role in the selection and appointment of judges, assistance in conducting examinations and providing evidence . the troops are trying to attack, relatively speaking, this is vugledar avdiyivka bakhmut and crimea on the first three ukrainian defenses are courageously resisting the mass offensive of the occupiers , but on the liman direction it is the ukrainian counteroffensive that did not break through the frantic resistance of the russians here, the enemy is bringing up reserves and without interruption pressing fire on the entire front line right here the village o

february 24, 2022, ukrainian law enforcement officers are working on it, they er , the international criminal courturisdiction to investigate, but at the same time , a number of states that work within the so-called universal jurisdiction they also collect evidence by interviewing, first of all, victims, victims, witnesses who have the opportunity to testify and provide evidence regarding specific crimes committed and specific events, accordingly, this information is collected, accumulated, and this information is exchanged with ukrainian law enforcement agencies at this interaction takes place through them, and not only germany, of the prosecutor general. thus, let me remind you that such a system works in poland, polish law enforcement agencies work, and not the polish police the polish prosecutor's office and the bar system of lawyers, it works in the baltic states of latvia, lithuania, which also carry out such surveys and collect this evidence , in fact, accordingly, germany is also among these states that are working on collection of evidence at its national level and translating information