23:51, 16.12.20 Politics 618
The resolution clearly defines the illegitimacy of Russian bodies and officials in Crimea and fixes that they should be considered only as occupation authorities of the Russian Federation.
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The updated version of the UN General Assembly Resolution Situation of Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, Ukraine will contribute to setting up the Crimean Platform on the peninsula s deoccupation, says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
This year, the resolution s provisions have been significantly strengthened, Kuleba said in a statement published on MFA Ukraine s website. The new elements reflect numerous facts of gross human rights violations on the temporarily occupied peninsula, he noted.
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court in The Hague have announced the decision that there is every reason to probe into the war crimes committed by the Russian Federation in Crimea and Donbas. In 2015, Ukraine lodged a case with the International Criminal Court in The Hague regarding war crimes and crimes against humanity in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.