BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30249@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Pursuing Accountability for International Crimes in Ukraine DTSTAMP:20261110T175833Z DTSTART:20270203T160000Z DESCRIPTION:Air raid sirens in the middle of the night\, unreliable electri city\, and no\nholidays. Yet legal professionals in Ukraine not only conti nue to do their\ndrastically transformed jobs – investigate\, prosecute\, and adjudicate\nconflict-related cases – but on top of that attend trainin gs on international\ncriminal law. What is the current status of Ukraine’s domestic efforts to pursue\naccountability for international crimes in Uk raine\, how to ensure the fairness\nof the trials\, how to do capacity bui lding in a country at war\, and what is\nhappening at the international le vel in the fight against impunity?\n\nThe Asser Institute in The Hague\, p art of the University of Amsterdam\, has\nworked in and on Ukraine since 2 020 to strengthen the skills and knowledge of\nlegal professionals. What i s the current status of Ukraine’s domestic efforts to\npursue accountabili ty for international crimes in Ukraine? What are\ninvestigators and prosec utors struggling with the most? How many cases have\nended up in Ukrainian courts and how do judges\, who are also victims of the\nRussian aggressio n\, ensure that the trials remain fair and in compliance with\ninternation al law?\n\nBesides exploring these issues\, our panel inquires into the in ternational\nefforts in the fight against impunity for international crime s in Ukraine. What\nis the status of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression\, the\ninvestigations at the International Criminal Court and the proceedings at the\nInternational Court of Justice? And what can be ex pected from courts in other\ncountries exercising universal jurisdiction? This discussion will address these\nand other questions\, taking both an a cademic and practitioner perspective\, and\nincluding Ukrainian voices. Af ter the expert interventions\, there will be plenty\nof room for Q&A with the audience.\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\nAndrii Kostin was appointed Ukrainian Ambas sador to the Netherlands on 7 April\n2025. In 2019\, he was elected a Memb er of the Ukrainian Parliament\, where he\nwas\, among other things\, Chai r of the Committee on Legal Policy. From 2022 to\n2024\, he served as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.\n\nGabrielė Chlevickaitė is a Senior Resear cher in International Criminal Law at\nthe Asser Institute (on loan from t he University of Amsterdam)\, where she\ncoordinates the Restoring Dignity and Justice in Ukraine 2025-2027 Asser\nSub-Project\, and MATRA-Ukraine 2 025-2029. She also conducts research into\nfact-finding in international c riminal investigations and prosecutions.\n\nMykola Mazur is judge in the G rand Chamber of the Ukrainian Supreme Court. He\npreviously worked as a ju dge in the Popasna District Court in the Luhansk\nregion.\n\nMarieke de Ho on is Professor of International Criminal Law at the University of\nAmster dam and Director of the Amsterdam Center for Criminal Justice.\n\nChristop he Paulussen (moderator) is a senior researcher in international\ncriminal law at the Asser Institute\, coordinator of the research strand\n‘Account ability of the State and the Prosecution of Crimes’ and associate fellow\n at the Amsterdam Center for Criminal Justice and the International Centre for\nCounter-Terrorism – The Hague. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/pursuing-accountability-for-internation al-crimes-in-ukraine GEO:52.3685931;4.8896879 LOCATION:SPUI25 - Spui 25-27\, 1012 WX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:daytime,talk X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Air raid sirens in the middle of the night, unreliable electricity, and no holidays. Yet legal professionals in Ukrai ne not only continue to do their drastically transformed jobs – investigat e, prosecute, and adjudicate conflict-related cases – but on top of that a ttend trainings on international criminal law. What is the current status of Ukraine’s domestic efforts to pursue accountability for international c rimes in Ukraine, how to ensure the fairness of the trials, how to do capa city building in a country at war, and what is happening at the internatio nal level in the fight against impunity?

The Asser Institu te in The Hague, part of the University of Amsterdam, has worked in and on Ukraine since 2020 to strengthen the skills and knowledge of legal profes sionals. What is the current status of Ukraine’s domestic efforts to pursu e accountability for international crimes in Ukraine? What are investigato rs and prosecutors struggling with the most? How many cases have ended up in Ukrainian courts and how do judges, who are also victims of the Russian aggression, ensure that the trials remain fair and in compliance with int ernational law?

Besides exploring these issues, our panel inquires into the international efforts in the fight against impunity for internat ional crimes in Ukraine. What is the status of the Special Tribunal for th e Crime of Aggression, the investigations at the International Criminal Co urt and the proceedings at the International Court of Justice? And what ca n be expected from courts in other countries exercising universal jurisdic tion? This discussion will address these and other questions, taking both an academic and practitioner perspective, and including Ukrainian voices. After the expert interventions, there will be plenty of room for Q&A w ith the audience.

Speakers

Andrii Kostin was appointed Ukrainian Ambassador to the Neth erlands on 7 April 2025. In 2019, he was elected a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, where he was, among other things, Chair of the Committee on L egal Policy. From 2022 to 2024, he served as the Prosecutor General of Ukr aine.

Gabrielė Chlevickaitė is a Senior Researcher in International Criminal Law at the Asser Institute (on loan f rom the University of Amsterdam), where she coordinates the Restoring Dign ity and Justice in Ukraine 2025-2027 Asser Sub-Project, and MATRA-Ukraine 2025-2029. She also conducts research into fact-finding in international c riminal investigations and prosecutions.

Mykola Mazur< /em> is judge in the Grand Chamber of the Ukrainian Supreme Court . He previously worked as a judge in the Popasna District Court in the Luh ansk region.

Marieke de Hoon is Professo r of International Criminal Law at the University of Amsterdam and Directo r of the Amsterdam Center for Criminal Justice.

Christo phe Paulussen (moderator) is a senior researcher in internat ional criminal law at the Asser Institute, coordinator of the research str and ‘Accountability of the State and the Prosecution of Crimes’ and associ ate fellow at the Amsterdam Center for Criminal Justice and the Internatio nal Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague.

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