Slovenia initiates international treaty on Ukraine war crimes coeration

Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon presented at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on February 20 an initiative for an international treaty on coeration in investigating war crimes in Ukraine.

That's according to Euractiv, Ukrinform reports.

"This shows that Slovenia leads a really clear picy of investigating accountability, including when it comes to war crimes in Ukraine," Fajon said.

According to her, 77 countries have already signed up for the initiative.

The treaty would make it possible to coerate in the prosecution and investigation of crimes against humanity, war crimes, other international crimes, and genocide.

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A diplomatic conference is to be held in Ljubljana in May to debate the first major international treaty to set up a coeration mechanism among law enforcement bodies of EU countries and non-EU countries.

"I have called on the ministers to attend the conference with their teams of criminal law experts," Fajon said.

Slovenia has drawn up the treaty in coeration with Belgium, the Netherlands and three non-EU countries.

Photo: Shutterstock/Alexandros Michailidis

Source: ukrinform.net

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