In Germany, the judiciary has experience in prosecuting war crimes committed abroad. Ukrainian prosecutors should benefit from this in the future. Federal Justice Minister Buschmann travels to Kyiv and assures the country of support.
Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann has arrived in Ukraine for a visit. “We stand by Ukraine today and we will continue to do so in the future,” said the FDP politician upon arrival at the train station in the capital, Kyiv. The program includes talks with the government and human rights activists. The focus should be on the international prosecution of war crimes. Germany wants to provide support in this regard. In addition, plans for cooperation in the field of justice should also be discussed, also with a view to Ukraine’s accession to the EU.
From the point of view of the FDP politician, the investigations into Russian war crimes in the past months since the attack on the neighboring country in February are not only of great importance for Ukraine. During a visit to the United Nations in October, Buschmann had already emphasized: “Freedom and security in the world only have a future if the international community puts Russia in its place.”
The German judiciary has experience in prosecuting war crimes committed abroad. In January, the Koblenz Higher Regional Court sentenced the former head of interrogation at a Syrian secret service prison to life imprisonment. He is said to have been responsible for the torture of at least 4,000 people and the deaths of at least 27 prisoners.
The Ukrainian government and the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties are pushing for the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute Russian crimes committed in Ukraine. The government in Kyiv believes that such a tribunal should deal with the crime of aggression under international law.