Three of these investigations were formally launched this Tuesday for events that took place in the cities of Mariupol (between February 25 and March 16), Gostomel (between March 1 and 12) and Chernihiv (since February 24).
French justice has already opened four investigations into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine against French victims. without provisionally identifying the alleged perpetratorsalthough some elements point to Russian troops.
The French National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor (PNAT) stated in a statement that three of these studies “against X” It was formally launched this Tuesday due to events that took place in the cities of Mariúpol (between February 25 and March 16), Gostomel (between March 1 and 12) and Chernihiv (since February 24).
The investigations have been entrusted to the police officers of the Central Bureau for Combating Crimes Against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH
On March 16, the PNAT had already launched a new war crimes investigation following the death two days earlier of the Franco-Irish television cameraman Pierre Zakrzewskizwho was part of a team from the American channel Fox News that was shot north of Kiev.
Another member of the same team, a Ukrainian journalist, was also killed in the attack.
The French judiciary can declare jurisdiction over war crimes committed abroad when there are victims of French nationality or residents of France, but also when the alleged perpetrator(s) are French.
Source: EITB
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