Ukraine’s parliament decides to prosecute Yanukovych through International Criminal Court

The Ukrainian parliament approved on Tuesday in first reading the decision to appeal to the International Criminal Court to bring to justice Viktor Yanukovych and other officials “for crimes against humanity during peaceful protest rallies between November 30, 2013 and February 22, 2014”.

The decision was supported by 339 deputies, well above the minimum of 226 votes.
By this decision has been approved the corresponding statement of the parliament, according to which Ukraine recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

The statement says that “within three months, law enforcement agencies in Ukraine, instructed by the state’s high-ranking officials, were unlawfully applying measures of physical coercion, impact munition and arms towards participants of peaceful demonstrations in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities”.

This led to “homicide of more than 100 citizens of Ukraine and other states, injuring more than 2,000 people, over 500 of which are in critical condition”.