In order to protect the Ukrainian military, we must create a national special mechanism for investigating international crimes, says an expert on international criminal law, Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine in 2019-2021 Gunduz Mammadov.

“Within the framework of such a mechanism, the facts of possible suspicions of any war crimes against our citizens will be considered in Ukraine,” he said in an interview with ZN. U.A..

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“I mean the possibility of attracting foreign judges, prosecutors and investigators to such a mechanism for a certain period of time.. This will strengthen the potential of our justice system, which will be inundated with such a category of cases, obtain the necessary knowledge and experience from foreign specialists, and also help ensure confidence in the justice system itself for international crimes in the country,” Mammadov stressed..

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