Civil society organisations call on Ukraine to Fully Align its Domestic Legislation with International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law
On 16 September 2020, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, together with several of its members -Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights, International Partnership for Human Rights, No Peace Without Justice, Parliamentarians for Global Action, the Open Society Justice Initiative, the World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy and the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice- sent a letter to Members of the Ukrainian Parliament (the “Verkhovna Rada”) calling for the full alignment of Ukraine legislation with international criminal law and international humanitarian law.
On 17 September 2020, Draft Law 2689 “On amendments to certain legislative acts on the Enforcement of International Criminal and Humanitarian Law” was approved in first reading with 271 votes in favour. The second reading is expected to take place in the coming weeks.
Tomorrow Ukrainian parliament is set to vote for draft law 2689 on implementation of ICL into domestic legislation. Grateful to our international colleagues members of @ngos4justice for their support https://t.co/xJxGIAa6aR in urging MPs to finally do it because #JusticeMatters
— ULAG (@ULAGroup) September 16, 2020
Harmonization of criminal code of #Ukraine with international law will help strengthen domestic justice system & respect for human rights & rule of law.
Important also to send message to people of #Ukraine & world that #JusticeMatters— Virginie Amato (@VirginieAmato) September 16, 2020
.@ua_parliament #Ukraine Rada just approved -in 1st reading- Draft Law 2689 “On amendments to certain legislative acts on the Enforcement of International Criminal & Humanitarian Law” with 271 votes in favour!
What's next? 2nd reading in a few weeks!
#JusticeMatters https://t.co/aYpvK2HgFC— Virginie Amato (@VirginieAmato) September 17, 2020
271 in favour and the draft bill passes the first reading. Second reading will take place in a few weeks. A massive Thank You to all who have been supporting UA in this uphill battle! #justicematters @ngos4justice
— ULAG (@ULAGroup) September 17, 2020
