HRW: Kiev fails to probe cluster bomb use against Donbass civilians, should invite ICC — RT News.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Kiev has failed to investigate its army’s use of prohibited cluster bombs against civilians in the country’s east. It also recommends Kiev invite the International Criminal Court to investigate.
The human rights watchdog is dissatisfied with the investigation conducted by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office into the use of cluster bombs by the Ukrainian armed forces in the east of the country, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth told a media briefing in Kiev on Wednesday.
“Instead of analyzing physical evidence,” Ukraine’s Prosecutor General looked into the “presence of weapons in depots,” and said they were not taken anywhere, said Roth.
He explained the watchdog had appealed to Ukraine’s Military Prosecutor’s Office regarding the use of cluster bombs and Grad multiple rocket launchers by Kiev’s military in residential areas. In turn, the prosecutor appealed to the Ministry of Defense. Therefore he said “it’s no surprise” the ministry did not find any violations by Kiev’s military. In addition, the inspection did not check cluster bombs, but mines, he added.
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