3,440 war crimes against children are being investigated in Ukraine, - Kostin
Currently, 3,440 war crimes against children are being investigated in Ukraine.
As reported by Censor.NET with reference to the Telegram channel of the Prosecutor General's Office, Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin announced this during the first meeting of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children.
The Prosecutor General noted that currently 3,440 war crimes against children are being investigated in Ukraine.
"We implement standards of child-friendly justice, which is designed to protect their rights and interests. At the same time, we continue to closely cooperate with the International Criminal Court. Our goal is to ensure the accountability of criminals at all levels - national and international," Kostin emphasized.
As noted, the participation of more than 60 countries in the Coalition is another powerful signal that the world has united to end impunity for Russian atrocities and help return Ukrainian children to their homeland. At the panel discussion, Kostin talked about the work in the field of ensuring responsibility for these crimes.
Kostin also spoke about the development of bilateral and multilateral international legal cooperation and readiness to transfer cases to states based on universal jurisdiction.
"We know that there are countries where children have suffered from similar crimes in the past, including among the countries of the Global South... This is only a small part of our daily efforts. And we do not stop. After all, this is our duty to our children. We are grateful to all partners who support us on this path," said Kostin.
As reported, the representative of the President of Ukraine for child rights and child rehabilitation Daria Gerasimchuk, international law expert, human rights defender Meglena Kunyeva, chief archivist of legal data The Reckoning Project: Ukraine Testifies Raja Abdul Salam, co-founder, executive director also took part in the panel discussion. Elisa von Joden-Forgey of the Rafal Lemkin Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Manfred Novak, head of the Global Study on Children in Captivity. The panel was moderated by Wayne Jordash.
