{"id":105603,"date":"2022-05-10T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T01:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=105603"},"modified":"2022-05-09T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T11:21:16","slug":"council-allows-eurojust-agency-to-preserve-war-crimes-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/council-allows-eurojust-agency-to-preserve-war-crimes-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Council allows Eurojust Agency to preserve war crimes evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today the Permanent representatives to the EU adopted a mandate on new rules to allow Eurojust to preserve, analyse and store evidence relating to core international crimes, such as war crimes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Following Russia\u2019s military aggression against Ukraine, there is a reasonable basis to believe that crimes against humanity and war crimes have been and are being committed in Ukraine. The EU will take, as a matter of urgency, all necessary measures to ensure that those who committed those crimes in Ukraine are held accountable.<\/p>\n

Prosecution services at the International Criminal Court and in several member states, as well as in Ukraine, have started investigations concerning these events. Coordination and exchange of evidence between prosecuting authorities in different jurisdictions is important to ensure the effectiveness of these investigations. In addition, due to the ongoing hostilities there is a risk that evidence related to war crimes cannot be safely stored on the territory of Ukraine and therefore it is appropriate to establish a central storage at a safe place.<\/p>\n

The draft new rules will allow Eurojust to:<\/p>\n