The Government of Ukraine has approved a draft Agreement between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the International Criminal Court on establishment of an Office of the International Criminal Court in Ukraine.

The Agreement aims to facilitate the establishment and proper functioning of the International Criminal Court Office in Ukraine, whose main focus is the investigation of cases pending before the Court since the start of russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine in 2014.

The International Criminal Court is competent to prosecute individuals responsible for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. Ukraine recognizes the jurisdiction of the Court to identify, prosecute and try the perpetrators and accomplices of acts committed on the territory of Ukraine during the Revolution of Dignity, as well as crimes committed on the territory of Ukraine since February 20, 2014, in accordance with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.