The Hague’s International
Criminal Court says it closely follows the developments of the investigation
into the downing of the MH17 over Donetsk, the ICC’s spokesperson, Fadi el
Abdallah, has told an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels.
“The Office of the Prosecutor will also closely
follow the progress and findings of the national investigations into the
shooting of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 aircraft in July 2014,” said the ICC
spokesman.
Answering a question on whether the proceeding
can be launched in this case, el Abdallah said that “it’s up to the prosecutor
to decide on this matter.”
"First, we have to start with whether or
not this is a crime under the ICC jurisdiction, does it qualify as genocide,
war crimes, or crimes against humanity; is it committed on the territory of a
state party or a state that accepted the jurisdiction of the Court… There
is a lot of questions and I don’t have answers to them at this time,” said the
ICC spokesman.
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