On May 24, 2022, the scientific and pedagogical staff of the Faculty of Law took part in the webinar "Rights of victims in the International Criminal Court, the current situation in Ukraine and what victims can do at this stage", organized by the project "Sunflowers".
The aim of the project is to collect and protect information about victims, train lawyers to collect such information, provide psychological support to relevant persons, and disseminate knowledge about international war crimes, crimes of genocide and against humanity.
The speaker of the event was Philip Ambach, Ph.D., Head of the Victims' Participation and Compensation Department at the International Criminal Court, who said: In order to compensate for the damage, the victims must first record in any form (photographs, certificates, testimonies of people, etc.) evidence of criminal actions of the Russian military in Ukraine.
The moderator emphasized that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a permanent establishment located in The Hague, but that the Court may, at its discretion, hold meetings anywhere. The jurisdiction of the Court is limited to three types of crime: genocide - the intention to completely or partially exterminate a national, ethnic, racial or religious group as such; crimes against humanity - part of a large-scale or systematic persecution of civilians, and the possible persecution of the perpetrator was known in advance; war crimes - violations of the laws and customs of war, which regulate the behavior of armed groups during the war and protect civilians, prisoners of war, cultural property and so on. Given the events taking place on the territory of Ukraine, there are all legal grounds to believe that the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine commits all three types of crimes that fall within the competence of the ICC.
Such events should be considered as effective support of the Ukrainian people in the fight against the Russian aggressor, because today we are helped by citizens around the world, and the webinar is a significant contribution to the scientific component of this assistance