Three of these investigations have been formally launched this Tuesday for events that occurred 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 identifying for the moment the alleged perpetratorsalthough some elements point to Russian forces.
The French National Antiterrorist Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) has indicated in a statement that three of these investigations “against X” It was formally launched this Tuesday due to events that occurred 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 Office for the Fight against Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH).
On March 16, the PNAT had already launched another investigation for war crimes after the death two days before of the French-Irish television cameraman Pierre Zakrzewskiwho was part of a team from the US channel Fox News that was shot north of kyiv.
Another member of that same team, a Ukrainian journalist, was also killed in the attack.
French justice can declare jurisdiction over war crimes committed abroad when there are victims of French nationality or residents in France, but also when the alleged perpetrator(s) are French.
Source: Eitb
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