The International Center for the Investigation of Aggression Crimes will begin work in the first half of 2023.
This was reported by the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands.
“The center will begin the investigation of the crimes of aggression in the first half of 2023, the department said.” This may be the first step towards creating a special tribunal engaged in crimes of aggression “.
In early February, the European Commission announced the establishment of the International Center for the Investigation of Aggression Crimes In the Hague. The center will be located at the headquarters of the Eurojust and obey the joint investigative group that investigates crimes in Ukraine.
In December 2022, the Netherlands also made the initiative to place the tribunal itself in the Hague for crimes of aggression committed by the Russian side in relation to Ukraine. This issue is currently discussed by a special group, which includes all countries of the Great Seven and other states.
In addition, the Foreign Ministry noted that the Netherlands, at the request of Ukraine, proposed placing a register of damage caused to Ukraine in the Hague in accordance with the UN General Assembly of the UN General Assembly of November 14, 2022. Register, noted in the ministry, will be created in the coming months by the Ukrainian government in cooperation with other countries.
It is expected that at this stage there will be about 40 people to work in it.
“This body will not evaluate the validity of the requirements or to award any compensation, – specified in the Dutch foreign policy.” It is expected that the requirements sent to it will be considered at a later stage by the International Committee that remains to be created “. /p>
The government of the country has called the provision of broad and structural international political and financial support as a condition for the placement of a register in the Netherlands.