London: Britain will deploy a team of war crimes experts to support Ukraine With the investigation into Russian actions in the ongoing conflict, Foreign Secretary Lizzo truss announced on Friday.
The expert team will assist the Ukrainian government as they gather evidence and prosecute war crimes and will include experts in conflict-related sexual violence. They will arrive in Poland in early May and meet with international partners, NGOs, refugees and the Ukrainian government to expand the range of aid they can provide.
“Russia has brought vandalism to Ukraine and committed brutal atrocities against women. British expertise will help uncover and capture the truth PutinResponsible governance for its actions. justice Will be done,” Truss said.
The move comes as cabinet ministers are traveling to The Hague on Friday for talks International Criminal Court (ICC) President Judge Piotr Hoffmansky In court, where she will reaffirm the UK’s full support for the investigation and prosecution of war crimes and the use of sexual violence, not only in Ukraine but around the world.
The visit of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) follows the Deputy Prime Minister Dominic RaboThe report, prepared under the Moscow Mechanism, traveled to The Hague last month to give practical support to the court to investigate and prosecute the Organization for Security and Co-operation of Europe (OSCE), which found credible evidence of torture, rape, murder. civilians and forced deportation of more than half a million people in Ukraine.
Truss will meet her Dutch counterpart while in The Hague Wopke Hoekstra For talks on working closely with the Netherlands in keeping with Russia, including its work through the Joint Operations Forces and NATO.
The FCDO said the UK supports the work of the ICC and is providing GBP 1 million additional funding to help the ICC collect evidence collected in connection with the Prosecutor’s Office (OTP) investigation.
The UK sees itself as a “leading country donor” to the Russia-Ukraine crisis, committing nearly 400 million GBP in immediate economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine since the conflict began in February.
The expert team will assist the Ukrainian government as they gather evidence and prosecute war crimes and will include experts in conflict-related sexual violence. They will arrive in Poland in early May and meet with international partners, NGOs, refugees and the Ukrainian government to expand the range of aid they can provide.
“Russia has brought vandalism to Ukraine and committed brutal atrocities against women. British expertise will help uncover and capture the truth PutinResponsible governance for its actions. justice Will be done,” Truss said.
The move comes as cabinet ministers are traveling to The Hague on Friday for talks International Criminal Court (ICC) President Judge Piotr Hoffmansky In court, where she will reaffirm the UK’s full support for the investigation and prosecution of war crimes and the use of sexual violence, not only in Ukraine but around the world.
The visit of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) follows the Deputy Prime Minister Dominic RaboThe report, prepared under the Moscow Mechanism, traveled to The Hague last month to give practical support to the court to investigate and prosecute the Organization for Security and Co-operation of Europe (OSCE), which found credible evidence of torture, rape, murder. civilians and forced deportation of more than half a million people in Ukraine.
Truss will meet her Dutch counterpart while in The Hague Wopke Hoekstra For talks on working closely with the Netherlands in keeping with Russia, including its work through the Joint Operations Forces and NATO.
The FCDO said the UK supports the work of the ICC and is providing GBP 1 million additional funding to help the ICC collect evidence collected in connection with the Prosecutor’s Office (OTP) investigation.
The UK sees itself as a “leading country donor” to the Russia-Ukraine crisis, committing nearly 400 million GBP in immediate economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine since the conflict began in February.