Schedule
START TIME | location | Speakers | TOPICS / DESCRIPTION |
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10:00 AM | KYIV | – Oleh Durmasenko, Initiator of the Run, veteran, father of a fallen hero of the Russian-Ukrainian war; – Svitlana Strokach, Head of the Department of Civil Identity and Veteran Development of the Ministry of Veteran Affairs of Ukraine; – Vadym Svyrydenko, Presidential Commissioner on Rehabilitation of Combatants. All in person. | “I Honor the Warriors, I Run for the Heroes of Ukraine” 2023 Run Results Topics of focus: – How many participants joined the commemoration of Ukrainian soldiers? – How has the run geography changed, and which countries joined this year? – Which cities showed the greatest activity? – What was special about the 2023 Run? |
11:00 AM | KYIV | – Mykhailo Romanov, expert at the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, one of the authors of the complaint to the ICC; – Yevgeniy Zakharov, Director at the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group; – Tetyana Samoderzhenkova, Coordinator at the Mariupol Office of Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union. co-author of the complaint; – Mykola Komarovskyi, lawyer at the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, author of the complaint’s section on the deportation of children; – Kateryna Buriakovska, Assistant Professor at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, co-author of the complaint; – Oleksandra Romantsova, Executive Director at the Centre for Civil Liberties. All in person. | Genocide in Mariupol. Legal grounds for investigating international crime Why this is interesting: The T4P initiative (Tribunal for Putin) is to present the first document with legal arguments that russia is committing genocide in Ukraine. A large complaint will be published in Ukrainian and English and filed to the International Criminal Court. At the event, the authors of the complaint will talk about various aspects of the genocide – mass murders of Mariupol residents, deportation of children, infiltration camps, etc. – and about the importance of recognizing Russia’s actions as genocide and what needs to be done to make this happen. Registration form: https://forms.gle/MKVJazQbw34wH3UG7 |
2:00 PM | KYIV | – Dr. Mark Ellis, expert on international criminal law, Executive Director of the International Bar Association; – Anton Korynevych, Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; – Oleksandr Kachura, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Co-Head of the inter-factional association “Tribunal for Russian Aggressors” NGO; – Maria Mezentseva, Member of the Ukrainian Parliament, Co-Chair of the inter-factional association “Tribunal for Russian Aggressors” NGO; – Mykola Stetsenko, President of the All-Ukrainian NGO “Ukrainian Bar Association”; – Oleh Havrysh, Chief Consultant of the Department of Organizational Work of the Cabinet of the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. All in person. | Signing of a memorandum between the Inter-Factional Deputy Association of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine “Tribunal for Russian Aggressors”, All-Ukrainian NGO “Ukrainian Bar Association” and the International Bar Association Why is it interesting? The Memorandum aims at implementing cooperation and coordination of joint efforts of parliament members of the IDO, Ukrainian lawyers, and international partners in bringing the top military and Russia political leadership to justice for crimes committed in Ukraine, in particular by establishing a Special International Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. |