Ukraine’s long-shot bid to prosecute Yanukovych
The Ukrainian government’s declaration asked the ICC for ratione temporis jurisdiction, meaning that the court will have jurisdiction in Ukraine for a specific period of time, in this case, from November 21 to February 22.
On April 25, Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the ICC, announced that she had opened a preliminary examination of Ukraine’s appeal.
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Ukraine must first amend its constitution to allow the international court to prosecute those complicit in the violence against EuroMaidan protesters, activists, and journalists: according to Chapter 8, Article 124 of the Ukrainian constitution, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is the highest judicial body in the country. Accordingly, the Constitutional Court ruled in 2001 that the Rome Statute of 1998, which establishes the ICC’s functions, structure, and jurisdiction, could not be applied in Ukraine.
Although the government named Yanukovych, former General Prosecutor Viktor Pshonka, and former Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko in its appeal to the ICC, the Court will not open an investigation of specific individuals.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/ukraines-long-shot-bid-to-prosecute-yanukovych-345745.html
For context first read first four paras. at link.
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Oh my. How Putsch-like.
