Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan visited Bucha.
KYIV. UkraineGate , 14 , April , 2022 | Ukraine News
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Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova and ISS Prosecutor Karim AA Khan made a joint working trip to Bucha (Kyiv region), where the exhumation of the bodies of killed civilians began from the second large grave in the local church.
Together, they also visited a storage facility for cars shot by the Russian military, where people were trying to escape the war, and one of the torture chambers, where 7 Ukrainians were murdered to death.
“Karim AA Khan, the royal lawyer, arrived in Kyiv with a team of investigators and experts to begin his independent investigation directly at the scene of the war,” the prosecutor general said.
She also said that in the second large burial, as in the previous one, most of the 15 victims who had already been examined had gunshot and shrapnel wounds.
“Evidence of the atrocities of the Russian army on the territory of Ukraine is horrible at every step, and we are joining forces with the ISS Prosecutor’s Office to investigate every war crime on our land,” Venediktov said.
She added that the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will soon join the work of a joint investigation team set up by Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland on the Eurojust platform.
“It is very important that the ICC Prosecutor Khan sees the consequences and evidence of these horrific crimes of Russia with his own eyes and is sincere in his desire to work tirelessly for the rule of law and justice for victims and victims,” said the Prosecutor General.
Venediktov and Khan took part in a joint meeting of the Verkhovna Rada Committees on Law Enforcement, Legal Policy, Foreign Policy and National Security.
“War is a time of mobilization on all fronts. Legislative and legal are now going hand in hand for the result and victory,” she concluded.
Let’s add
In his video address, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky noted that responsibility for the Russian military for war crimes is inevitable.
“Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan visited Bucha. It is right that a group of forensic experts from the International Criminal Court will start working in the city. Responsibility for the Russian military for war crimes is inevitable. We will drag them all to the tribunal. Buchi, “he said.
Source: Ukrgate
