Recommendation 22

HM Government · verbatim extract Rejected

57. The UK supports other governments building their own investigative and judicial capabilities so that they are able to hold perpetrators to account. For example, the UK has provided support to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine to ensure allegations of war crimes are fully and fairly investigated. The UK has committed over £11.5 million to Ukraine’s domestic accountability efforts since the full-scale invasion, and with the US and EU partners, we launched the Atrocity Crimes Advisory group as a co-ordinating mechanism to support Ukraine’s domestic efforts. 58. It is important to build on existing work, and not undermine the existing international systems, including the crucial work of the ICC, which is a Court of last resort, and complementary to national criminal systems. The UK has seconded expert investigators to the ICC to assist its work in different situations where it has active investigations. We will continue to look for opportunities to deploy UK expertise to the ICC, but do not propose to set up a separate roster of legal experts that might undermine existing efforts. 59. The UK works closely with members of the ministerial group for the protection of humanitarian personnel and we look forward to working in partnership to implement the Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel, including commitments to pursue greater accountability and justice in response to incidents.