This document provides information about a side event discussing accountability for international crimes in Eastern Ukraine, including violations of international humanitarian law that have been documented by local and international civil society actors since the conflict erupted in 2014. The event features experts such as an independent legal expert, an attorney representing victims, and the head of a civil liberties center in Ukraine. They will discuss the importance of accountability for international crimes and alternatives to fighting impunity in Eastern Ukraine.

1. SPEAKERS:
ALEXANDRE PREZANTI, Independent legal expert, partner
of Global Diligence LLP, Great Britain
EUGENIA ZAKREVSKAYA, Attorney representing victims
of conflict in Southeast Ukraine
OLEKSANDRA MATVIYCHUK, Head of Center for Civil
Liberties, Ukraine
RACHEL DENBER, Deputy Director, Europe and Central
Asia, Human Rights Watch
STANISLAV DMITRIEVSKIY, Head of Nizhny Novgorod
Foundation to Support Tolerance, Russia
MODERATOR:
SVITLANA VALKO, Documentation Coordinator, IPHR,
Ukraine
Violations of International Humanitarian Law and International Crimes in Eastern Ukraine
Local and international civil society actors have
documented violations of international humanitarian law
and international crimes in Eastern Ukraine since the
conflict erupted in the spring of 2014.
The following research revealed pattern of serious violations of
international humanitarian law taking place on the territory of Ukraine
since March 2014. Persons most responsible for these violations have
incurred individual criminal responsibility under international treaty and
customary laws, for which they should be investigated and prosecuted
by international and domestic authorities.
This side event discusses importance of accountability for international
crimes in Eastern Ukraine as well as alternative prospects for fight
against impunity.
TIME: 13:00-15:00
VENUE: Opera
LANGUAGE: English