President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday made a number of important statements in connection with the facts revealed in Bucha, and also spoke about the creation of a special mechanism for investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity with the participation of international experts. Most likely, we are talking about the creation of an international hybrid tribunal to investigate the crimes of Russians in Ukraine. Inna Vedernikova in her article for ZN. UA " Who and how documents the atrocities of the “Russian world” in Bucha” explained what is needed to create such a tribunal and what are its advantages.

According to the author, it is important to recall that in order to implement such a mechanism, as well as create real prerequisites for international condemnation of the political and propaganda elite of Russia, Zelensky must promptly sign a law on Ukraine's ratification of the Rome Statute..

“I heard this quote by Zelensky. We are talking about the joint work of national and international specialists - investigators, prosecutors and judges. Most likely, the president has in mind the idea of \u200b\u200bcreating an international hybrid tribunal, which has already been presented by the Foreign Ministry. What is the point? If we are talking about the International Criminal Court, then it investigates crimes under the Rome Statute. But, as per his policy, he really only flags " And he will not be able to cover all the thousands of war crimes and identify the thousands of perpetrators who committed these crimes with their own hands.. Moreover, the International Criminal Court currently has no jurisdiction over crimes of aggression.. What we really faced as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” said Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of the Euromaidan SOS Initiative and the Center for Civil Liberties.

Therefore, according to her, the creation of an international hybrid tribunal would be an additional mechanism to bring the perpetrators to justice.. Within its framework, it would be possible to combine the work of state and international professionals. It would unite both the investigation and the court, taking over the function of investigating all criminal offenses.

“Of course, in this case, the issue of signing the draft law No. 2689 on war criminals by the President becomes even more urgent in order to harmonize national legislation and establish liability for war crimes and crimes against humanity in it.. Because what we saw in Bucha, Gostomel, Irpen, Makarov, Motyzhin and other cities and towns of the Kiev region can be qualified as war crimes and crimes against humanity. Especially if we want to focus on the systemic nature of these crimes,” said the human rights activist.

At the same time, Inna Vedernikova explained that the advantage of the hybrid international tribunal is, first of all, the flexibility of modeling, which allows taking into account the peculiarities of the national legal system, avoiding the threats caused by ignorance of the Ukrainian context. The author explained that this always has a positive effect on the development of the ability of the national judiciary.

“An important, according to the human rights activist, and demonstrative effect: this is not a virtual court in The Hague, but a living process taking place inside the country, which society and victims of crimes can see. And this is legitimacy in the eyes of society, which is important in a situation of low trust in the law enforcement system of Ukraine,” Vedernikova added..

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