Years of implementation: 01.03.2026 - 31.12.2026
CRD

Strengthening Ukraine’s capacity to ensure accountability for the grave international crimes through policy changes and strategic case management

About

The project aims to strengthen the capacity of Ukraine’s national justice system to effectively adjudicate cases involving the most grave international crimes committed during an armed conflict, through legal, institutional and strategic reforms.

It focuses on improving access to justice for victims and persons affected by the conflict, as well as promoting systemic changes that will align domestic legislation with the standards of international humanitarian and criminal law.

The first component of the Project is aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s political foundation in the field of conflict-related justice by promoting the development of national policy on accountability for the most grave international crimes. The second component of the Project involves developing an effective investigation strategy to build a strategic case regarding attacks on civilians using drones.

The Project will include the following activities:

  • Working meetings with partners to exchange ideas and information, as well as to identify sources of additional information (potential evidence), contacts of victims and witnesses in order to ensure their participation in the investigation;
  • Development of a strategic investigation approach based on incidents already documented by law enforcement agencies;
  • Systematization and analysis of information.

Expected result:

The project aims to enhance Ukraine’s national justice system’s capacity to effectively address grave international crimes committed during the armed conflict, through legal, institutional and strategic reforms. 

Partners & Donors

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Civil Rights Defenders (CRD) is a politically and religiously independent human rights organisation which partner with and support human rights defenders who work in some of the world’s most repressive regions.
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