Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine) adopted Bill 2689 “On amendments to certain legislative acts on the Enforcement of International Criminal and Humanitarian Law”
Grave crimes continue to be committed in the context of the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine, which shows with no signs of abating. Ukraine is deprived of a fundamental method of recourse as a non-Member State of the International Criminal Court.
The Roundtable was held on 19 December 2016 and hosted by Hon. Hryhoriy Nemyria, MP, Chair of the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations of the Parliament of Ukraine
The purpose of the mission, conducted on the occasion of International Justice Day, 17 July, was to assess and overcome the obstacles in the existing Ukrainian legislation that hinder accountability for perpetrators of international crimes.
PGA, in partnership with the Human Rights Agenda and the Razumkov Center organized a Parliamentary Expert & Peer-Exchange Roundtable Discussions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) from June 18-19, 2015 at the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine
From 20 to 22 April 2015, the Campaign for the Rome Statute of the ICC conducted a field mission to Kyiv to engage with Members of the newly elected Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine) for the purpose of introducing the vision and goal of PGA