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The Verkhovna Rada has adopted as a basis Zelensky's draft law on amendments to the Criminal Code. The document brings the Criminal Code in line with the Rome Statute of the ICC and strengthens liability for international crimes.
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted as a basis a draft law by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy aimed at bringing the provisions of the Criminal Code of Ukraine in line with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and ensuring criminal prosecution for the most serious international crimes. This was reported by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, UNN reports.
Details
No. 11484 - amendments to criminal legislation in connection with the ratification of the Rome Statute (241)
Addendum
In August, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced a draft law aimed at bringing the provisions of the Criminal Code of Ukraine in line with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and ensuring criminal prosecution of the most serious international crimes.
It is proposed to change the titles of some articles of the Criminal Code. In particular, Article 437 "Planning, Preparation, Unleashing and Waging of an Aggressive War" is to be replaced with "The Crime of Aggression" - planning, preparation or unleashing of an aggressive war or military conflict, as well as participation in a conspiracy aimed at committing such actions, which will be punishable by a more severe penalty - imprisonment for a term of 10 to 15 years (currently 7 to 12 years), as well as for waging an aggressive war or aggressive military actions - imprisonment for a term of 10 to 15 years or life imprisonment (currently 10 to 12 years).
Zelenskyy also proposes to change the title of Article 438, "Violation of the Laws and Customs of War," to "War Crimes." The punishment in this article remains unchanged.
In addition, the Criminal Code is supplemented with new articles, including "Crimes against humanity," i.e., intentional commission as part of a deliberate large-scale or systematic attack on civilians, which is expressed in:
Such criminal violations are punishable by imprisonment for a term of 7 to 15 years.
Recall
The Verkhovna Rada supported the ratification of the Rome Statute with 281 votes. Before the vote, MPs received letters of support from the General Staff and Budanov, although the discussion was tense with arguments for and against.