Ukraine parliament votes to send ousted president before ICC

[JURIST] The Ukrainian parliamentary body Verkhovna Rada [official website] voted on Tuesday to adopt a resolution [text] referring the now-fugitive former president Viktor Yanukovich and other high-ranking state officials to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website]. The report accused state officials of ordering law enforcement officers to use improper suppression measures, including improper use of physical force, illegal detention, torture of prisoners, use of water cannons in near-freezing temperatures and other extreme measures. The resolution further...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/02/ukraine-parliament-votes-to-send-ousted-president-before-icc.php

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