ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY IN CONDITIONS OF WAR Since the first day of Russian invasion, the CCL has focused its activities on documenting war crimes, fighting impunity, pro- moting the international system of criminal justice and observing international humanitarian law, implementing legal mechanisms of future court proceedings concerning Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine, advocating the adoption of the Rome Statute, promoting the interests of Ukraine abroad and in international organisations, and informing about war crimes of the Russian army in Ukraine. For decades after Ukraine’s declaration of independence, the topics of military law, international humanitarian We strive to increase the February 2022. Participants law, and human rights in the capacity of state authorities of the initiative document context of the armed conflict to effectively ensure justice in events where they see signs of did not attract considerable conditions of armed conflict crimes under the Rome Stat- attention from researchers through a legal tool in the ute of the International Crim- or the broad public. Russian form of legislative amend- inal Court (genocide, crimes military aggression, which ments and explanations against humanity, war crimes) started in 2014 and continued of provisions of the Rome in all regions of the country. with the intensification of Statute as the foundation The initiative is conducting hostilities in 2022, caused the for international coopera- acting work to use the mech- public to request investigations tion and as a guideline for anisms of the UN, the Council of atrocities committed in con- strengthening the system of of Europe, OSCE, EU and the ditions of war and prosecution international criminal justice. International Criminal Court of perpetrators of war crimes. We created a mechanism to prevent atrocious crimes The CCL is researching of continuous involvement of and prosecute perpetrators. national criminal law and con- ordinary citizens and vic- In 2022, our organisation took fidently states that Ukraine tims of war crimes in public part in over 100 international needs to build national capaci- campaigns which supports events, advocating the issue ty in investigation and prose- permanent public demand to of setting up an international cution of international crimes. ensure the inevitability of law- tribunal and prosecuting The CCL provides analytical ful punishment for war crimes perpetrators of war crimes. support to stakeholders in the and crimes against humanity. Together with partners, relevant processes. The CCL A global initiative “Tribu- the Center for Civil Liber- also shares experience and nal for Putin” was launched ties organised a Ukrainian knowledge of the local context in response to the full-scale week of international with international partners. Russian aggression in criminal justice (18–22 July 19