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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>The United Kingdom stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine
in its fight for accountability for Russia’s actions.</p><p>The Attorney General has
regular contact with her Ukrainian counterpart, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin.
She visited him in Kyiv and joined him at Ukraine’s United for Justice conference
in Lviv over 3 to 5 March, and more recently hosted him in London for the UK-Dutch
Justice Ministers’ Conference in support of the International Criminal Court’s investigation
into the situation in Ukraine.</p><p>Prosecutor General Kostin is responsible for
the extraordinary task of investigating and prosecuting crimes committed in Ukraine
and has opened over 80,000 files covering a range of alleged offences. The Ukrainian
authorities have brought successful war crimes prosecutions already in Ukraine’s domestic
courts, in real time during this live and brutal conflict – a practically unprecedented
achievement.</p><p>We are supporting Ukraine in their domestic legal processes through
a number of significant initiatives. We have recently concluded a judicial training
programme in the region, led by Sir Howard Morrison KC, training over 100 judges in
person on the conduct of war crimes trials.</p><p>The UK, together with the United
States and EU, has also launched the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) to directly
support the War Crimes Units of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in
its investigation and prosecution of conflict-related crimes. The ACA seeks to streamline
coordination and communication efforts to ensure best practices, avoid duplication
of efforts, and encourage the expeditious deployment of financial resources and skilled
personnel to respond to the needs of the OPG as the legally constituted authority
in Ukraine responsible for dealing with the prosecution of war crimes on its own territory.</p><p>This
government remains steadfast in its ongoing support to Ukraine’s search for justice.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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