{"id":107239,"date":"2024-09-30T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107239\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"icc-prosecutor-to-examine-lithuanias-request-to-open-lukasenka-investigation","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/107239\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC prosecutor to examine Lithuania\u2019s request to open \u0141uka\u0161enka investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 30, Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>An International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor will conduct a preliminary examination to determine if there is a reason to proceed with the opening of an investigation into Belarusian officials\u2019 possible complicity in crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan\u00a0stressed <\/a>that a state party referral does not automatically lead to the opening of an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, the referral alleges that \u201cbeginning in April 2020, and from at least 1 May 2020, partly ongoing to the present day, and continuing, crimes against humanity \u2013 including deportation, persecution and other inhumane acts \u2013 have been carried out against the civilian population of Belarus, at the behest of senior Belarusian political, law enforcement and military leaders, and that part of the element of these crimes was committed on the territory of Lithuania, bringing such crimes temporally, territorially, and materially (by subject-matter) within the jurisdiction of the Court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lithuanian justice ministry submitted the file to the ICC earlier today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry alleged that the Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka regime has forcibly displaced hundreds of thousands of Belarusian citizens to Lithuania and other countries, including those neighboring Belarus, without justification under international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This displacement, labeled as deportation due to its transboundary nature, was carried out through underlying actions such as coercion and other related offenses, the ministry said, attributing it to politics. Taken together, these actions constitute crimes against humanity, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lithuanian justice ministry confirms submitting file against \u0141uka\u0161enka to ICC<\/h3>\n
September 30, Pozirk. The Lithuanian justice ministry has confirmed that it has submitted a file to the International Criminal Court (ICC) with evidence of Belarusian officials\u2019 involvement in transnational crimes against humanity. "The matter is of concern to the national …<\/div>\n \n