By KYIV. Oct 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) filed three cases with German Federal prosecutors, requesting an investigation into crimes committed by Russians in Ukraine, the Foundations said on its website on October 26.
“The organization submitted detailed dossiers against the perpetrators and is representing 16 survivors and families of victims. One of the cases was filed jointly with CFJ’s long-standing partner, Ukrainian NGO Truth Hounds,” the message reads.
All three cases are filed against high- and mid- level commanders whom The Docket identified as likely suspects. Each case contains detailed evidence gathered by The Docket during multiple field investigations in Ukraine as well as extensive analysis of open-source data used to collect information about individual perpetrators and command structures and other supporting evidence, such as video and photo materials, as well as satellite imagery. It is accompanied by detailed analysis of relevant international and German law.
The first case concerns an indiscriminate missile attack on a resort in the Odesa region, which in the summer of 2022 killed 22 civilians and seriously injured 40 more. The Docket is representing 11 families of victims and survivors.
The second case is focused on the commanders of Russian ground forces who unlawfully detained, tortured, and executed four men in the Kharkiv region during their occupation of the area from March to September 2022. The Docket represents the families of three of the four victims.
The third case identifies the commanders of Russian units involved in a pattern of crimes, including executions, torture, sexual violence, looting and other violations committed during the occupation in the Kyiv region in March 2022. The Docket represents a survivor of torture and the family of a man killed by Russian forces during the occupation.
The dossiers have also been shared with the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to support the ICC’s efforts to bring Russia’s top leadership to justice for crimes committed in Ukraine.
It is noted that since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the team of international lawyers and investigators working at CFJ’s Docket initiative has been collecting evidence and preparing submissions detailing patterns of violations committed by Russian forces in the country.
