This will give our country the opportunity to gain rights.
Even now, the ratification of the Rome Statute has an important practical meaning: now the International Criminal Court has rights, and Ukraine – only responsibilities and no influence on the processes, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine in 2019-2021 Gunduz Mammadov.
“When the Verkhovna Rada ratifies the Statute and Ukraine becomes a member of the Assembly of ICC member states, it will give our country the opportunity to gain rights,” Mammadov said. in an interview with ZN.UA.
He added that the Assembly meets at least once a year. It is there that Ukraine will have (subject to ratification of the RS) the opportunity to influence administrative matters within the Court. By such questions I mean the opportunity to nominate judges, prosecutors, vote for their appointment, the impact on the organization's budget, the distribution of funds.
“For example, France has allocated 400,000 euros to support the investigation into Ukraine. But there are already rumors that this is unfair to other investigations. If Ukraine participates in the Assembly of the ISS member states, we will have the opportunity to fully defend our interests and cooperate with our partners. And this reasoned position will be heard, “said an expert in international criminal law.
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Despite the fact that Kyiv has undertaken to ratify the Rome Statute within the framework of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, the Ukrainian authorities have not yet done so. Why? How can this affect the international investigation of crimes committed by the Russian military in Mariupol, Kharkiv, Kherson, Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpen, Chernihiv, Volnovakha and many other Ukrainian cities and villages? Answers to these and other questions – in an interview with ZN.UA Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine in 2019-2021 Gunduz Mammadov “ Why our country the Rome Statute needs to be ratified. ”
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