{"id":2902,"date":"2023-01-07T16:11:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:36:38","slug":"london-plans-to-host-international-meeting-on-alleged-war-crimes-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/diplomatic-world\/london-plans-to-host-international-meeting-on-alleged-war-crimes-in-ukraine\/2023\/01\/07\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"London plans to host international meeting on alleged war crimes in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON,<\/span> Jan<\/span> 7<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Justice<\/span> ministers<\/span> from<\/span> around<\/span> the<\/span> world<\/span> will<\/span> gather<\/span> in<\/span> London<\/span> to<\/span> scale<\/span> up<\/span> the<\/span> support<\/span> being<\/span> offered<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Criminal<\/span> Court<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> investigations<\/span> of<\/span> alleged<\/span> war<\/span> crimes<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> the<\/span> British<\/span> government<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> meeting<\/span> in<\/span> March,<\/span> which<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> hosted<\/span> by<\/span> UK<\/span> Justice<\/span> Secretary<\/span> Dominic<\/span> Raab<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> Dutch<\/span> counterpart<\/span> Dilan<\/span> Yesilgoz-Zegerius,<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> attended<\/span> by<\/span> ICC<\/span> Chief<\/span> Prosecutor<\/span> Karim<\/span> Khan,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> statement.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Almost<\/span> a<\/span> year<\/span> on<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> illegal<\/span> invasion,<\/span> the<\/span> international<\/span> community<\/span> must<\/span> give<\/span> its<\/span> strongest<\/span> backing<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> ICC<\/span> so<\/span> war<\/span> criminals<\/span> can<\/span> be<\/span> held<\/span> to<\/span> account<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> atrocities<\/span> we’re<\/span> witnessing,”<\/span> said<\/span> Raab,<\/span> who<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> Britain’s<\/span> deputy<\/span> prime<\/span> minister.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> meeting<\/span> will<\/span> seek<\/span> to<\/span> increase<\/span> the<\/span> global<\/span> financial<\/span> and<\/span> practical<\/span> support<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> ICC<\/span> and<\/span> coordinate<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> ensure<\/span> it<\/span> has<\/span> all<\/span> it<\/span> needs<\/span> to<\/span> carry<\/span> out<\/span> investigations<\/span> and<\/span> prosecute<\/span> those<\/span> responsible,<\/span> the<\/span> statement<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Ukrainians<\/span> mark<\/span> Orthodox<\/span> Christmas<\/span> in<\/span> Poland<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> prayer<\/span> to<\/span> return<\/span> home<\/span>
\n<\/span>Russia,<\/span> which<\/span> calls<\/span> its<\/span> actions<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> a<\/span> “special<\/span> military<\/span> operation”,<\/span> has<\/span> denied<\/span> targeting<\/span> civilians<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> war<\/span> crimes.<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> argue<\/span> that<\/span> Russia<\/span> has<\/span> no<\/span> reason<\/span> to<\/span> justify<\/span> an<\/span> imperial-style<\/span> war<\/span> of<\/span> occupation.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Britain<\/span> has<\/span> consistently<\/span> supported<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> giving<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> her<\/span> \u00a32.3<\/span> billion<\/span> ($2.78<\/span> billion)<\/span> military<\/span> aid.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Russian<\/span> and<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> forces<\/span> exchanged<\/span> artillery<\/span> fire<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> frontline<\/span> on<\/span> Friday.<\/span> Despite<\/span> orders<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> government<\/span> to<\/span> cease<\/span> firing<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> unilateral<\/span> ceasefire,<\/span> Kyiv<\/span> refused.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> ICC<\/span> Khan<\/span> launched<\/span> an<\/span> investigation<\/span> into<\/span> possible<\/span> war<\/span> crimes<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> last<\/span> year.<\/span> According<\/span> to<\/span> legal<\/span> experts,<\/span> the<\/span> Court<\/span> of<\/span> Aggression’s<\/span> jurisdiction<\/span> only<\/span> applies<\/span> to<\/span> member<\/span> states<\/span> and<\/span> countries<\/span> that<\/span> have<\/span> agreed<\/span> to<\/span> its<\/span> jurisdiction,<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> not<\/span> Russia.<\/span> Moscow<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> recognize<\/span> courts.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“For<\/span> us<\/span> it<\/span> is<\/span> clear:<\/span>
\n<\/span>These<\/span> crimes<\/span> must<\/span> not<\/span> go<\/span> unpunished,”<\/span> said<\/span> Yesirgoz<\/span> Zegerius,<\/span> who<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> reports<\/span> and<\/span> images<\/span> from<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> were<\/span> “horrible.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters) – Justice ministers from around the world will gather in London to scale up the support being offered to the International Criminal Court in its investigations of alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the British government said on Saturday. The meeting in March, which will be hosted by UK Justice Secretary Dominic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[24,252,2395,2480,2482,1,26],"tags":[76,77,132,154,170,174],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/uk.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2904,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions\/2904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}