{"id":1619,"date":"2022-03-03T16:29:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T14:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isc.lviv.ua\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2022-03-16T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T10:05:11","slug":"cultureheadquaters-03-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isc.lviv.ua\/en\/cultureheadquaters-03-03\/","title":{"rendered":"CultureHeadquaters: 03.03. UN Resolution, ICC Referral, Artists Defending Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Life will overcome death, and light will overcome darkness”<\/strong>
these are Ukrainian President\u2019s words written in Ukrainian on the cover of the last TIME\u2019s  issue <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“In our history and our homeland we have survived two world wars, three Holodomors, the Holocaust, Babyn Yar, the Great Purge, the Chornobyl disaster, the occupation of Crimea and the war in the east of our country. We do not have a huge territory \u2013 like from ocean to ocean. No nuclear weapons. We are not filling the world market with oil and gas. But we have our people. We have our land. And for us it is gold. And this is exactly what we are fighting for. We have nothing to lose except our freedom, except our dignity! This is the greatest treasure for us!\u201d \u2013 said the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UN resolution on Russia’s aggression<\/strong>
141 UN states voted in favor of the resolution “Aggression against Ukraine”. This is a record number of votes for the Ukrainian resolution since 2014. The resolution states the existence of aggression, demands that Russia cease fire and withdraw troops from Ukraine beyond its internationally recognized borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia, Syria, North Korea, Eritrea, Belarus \u2013 the only 5 countries who voted against the UN General Assembly resolution. This resolution will not only be an important political signal of Russia’s isolation, it will also be used in international courts, noted the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 2,000 civilians have been killed since the start of a full-scale Russian invasion and aggression in Ukraine. There is a difficult humanitarian situation in many Ukrainian cities, like in Mariupol or Kherson; the aggressor doesn\u2019t allow to organize the green corridors for the supply of basic necessities. Russian troops continue to destroy the civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and violate the rules of war, such as using of prohibited weapons or using medical vehicles for armed attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The largest referral to the International Criminal Court ever <\/strong>
The investigation of Russia’s crimes against Ukraine was initiated by Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague Karim Khan. He describes the actions of the occupier as “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”. As of March 2, 38 states including all EU member states, as well as Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland and several Latin American countries, have filed a lawsuit \u2014 that\u2019s the largest ever referral to the ICC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These appeals, Khan explained, allow his agency to launch an investigation into the situation in Ukraine from November 21, 2013 to the present, and thus “cover all allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed before and now and committed throughout Ukraine by anyone anytime”. Khan also added that his department immediately began gathering evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Borodianka, Kyiv region, after the Russian air\/missile strikes<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n