The High Council of Justice addresses judges, retired judges, all employees of bodies of the justice system and Ukrainian citizens, who are witnesses of war crimes of the Russian Federation against civilians and other crimes, with the call to record and send such evidence to official state resources to gain victory in the legal area.
As the Prosecutor General’s Office informs, to use evidence in the International Criminal Court in Hague, in Ukrainian courts, and also during potential special international tribunals, it is necessary to gather and draw them up responsibly and qualified in accordance with international standards.
That is why, for the right accumulation and documentation of important information about enemy’s crimes, a unified resource was developed, a kind of evidence hub, with which law-enforcement agencies and state authorities work - warcrimes.gov.ua
This platform united efforts of law-enforcement agencies, experts, representatives of public and international organizations, journalists and all who want to help and record murders of civilians and other crimes of the Russian Federation on our soil.
Step-by-step instruction for those who send evidence is on the website of the mentioned platform.
Currently, 39 countries appealed to the International Criminal Court with the call to investigate a situation in Ukraine. Partner countries opened their own criminal proceedings according to their national legislation and will assist in gathering evidence from witnesses, forced refugees from Ukraine, who experienced the horror of war, noted the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Apart from that, it is possible to pass evidence through special chat-bot Tribunal.ua by link: https://bit.ly/3hPpezs. State service of special communication and information protection of Ukraine informed about this in Telegram-channel.
Tribunal.ua notes that to record a crime you need to take out a camera and start recording:
1. Your own face and say your name and surname, date, time and exact place of recording (geolocation)
2. Evidence of injured or suffered with notifying name and surname and date of birth, contact details (address, phone number)
3. Details of damaged property (buildings, vehicles, other property)
4. Enemy’s details (machinery, enemy’s weapon, its movement, personal data)
What to record?
1. Evidence of murder and violence of civilians or military persons:
- murders
- torture (beating, rape, mutilation)
- hostage-taking or captivity
2. Evidence of usage of weapon and military machinery of Russian Federation:
- shelling from small arms, artillery or air
- usage of a firearm
- movement or usage of military machinery
3. Evidence of robbery, seizure and destruction of property of civilians and the state:
- appropriation and destruction of property, vehicle, fuel
- destruction of cultural monuments
4. Enemy’s personal data:
- personal data, documents, passports
- call signs and pseudonyms
- identification marks
Also, as the State service of special communication and information protection of Ukraine notes, documentary evidence of war crimes can be transmitted directly to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in Hague Karim A.A. Khan to email otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int.
One can write in any language – it will be translated.
You can send photos, video, documents, eyewitness testimony, in particular regarding murder by russian occupants of civilians, missile and artillery strikes on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and other civilian objects.
In case of availability of such information, we ask everyone to join its collection and transfer for legal use in the international arena.
Together to victory!