The occupying country must bear responsibility for the crimes it has committed for eight years

11.07.2022, 12:06 rada.gov.ua

"The occupying country must bear responsibility for the crimes it has committed for eight years", – said Nelly Yakovleva, deputy head of the Committee on Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.  The working visit to the Geneva Center for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), Switzerland, has ended, where the people's deputies of Ukraine presented the position of our state regarding the role of the parliament in the field of international humanitarian law and human rights. Issues related to war crimes of the russian federation, crimes against humanity, genocidal policy against the Ukrainian nation, formation of military justice in Ukraine, activities of the ICRC, and observance of the rights of prisoners of war were considered.