International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine
The International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine or the Situation in Ukraine is an ongoing investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into "any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed on any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person" during the period starting "from 21 November 2013 onwards", on an "open-ended basis", covering the Revolution of Dignity, the Russo-Ukrainian War including the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, the war in Donbas and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ICC prosecutor commenced these investigations on 2 March 2022, after receiving referrals for the situation in Ukraine from 39 ICC State Parties.
The seal of the International Criminal Court | |
File no. | 01/22 |
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Referred by | Albania, Australia, Austria, and 36 other ICC member states |
Date referred | 25 February 2022 |
Date opened | 3 March 2022 |
Incident(s) | Revolution of Dignity and Russo-Ukrainian War |
Crimes | war crimes: crimes against humanity: |
Status of suspects | |
Vladimir Putin | Fugitive |
Maria Lvova-Belova | Fugitive |
Viktor Sokolov | Fugitive |
Sergey Kobylash | Fugitive |
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