The Verkhovna Rada has voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with an amendment that will protect Ukrainian war criminals from prosecution.
"Ukraine has ratified the Rome Statute with a separate statement, according to which, within seven years after its entry into force, "Ukraine does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC against its citizens for committing crimes under Article 8 of the Rome Statute (article on war crimes)," wrote Rada deputy Iryna Gerashchenko in the Telegram channel.
Ukraine signed the Rome Statute on January 20, 2000, but it has not been ratified by it.
The number of States that are not parties to the statute includes Russia, the United States and China. According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, this court "did not justify the hopes placed on it and did not become a truly independent body of international justice."
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