THE HAGUE (AFP) – Ukraine on Tuesday accepted the International Criminal Courts jurisdiction to probe war crimes, including in its war-torn east, since February 2014.Ukraine accepts the jurisdiction of the court for the purpose of identifying, prosecuting and judging perpetrators and accomplices of acts committed on the territory of Ukraine since February 20 2014, said a letter, signed by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and accepted by the Hague-based court.Although Ukraine is not a state party to the court, it can accept the ICCs jurisdiction on a case-by-case basis for crimes committed within a particular time frame.Ukraine has already given …read more
Source: Dunya TV
