International Commission Has Not Yet Found Sufficient Evidence of Genocide in Ukraine

The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has not yet found sufficient evidence that the actions of the Russian military in the country should be qualified as genocide. However, its head has said that “a large number of war crimes” have been recorded. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine does not yet have sufficient evidence to recognize the actions of the Russian army in the country as genocide, its chairman Erik Møse claimed. At the same time, he emphasized that the Russian army has committed many war crimes in Ukraine. “For now, we do not have sufficient evidence that would meet the legal requirements of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.” “We are conducting the investigation step by step. For now, we do not have sufficient evidence that would meet the legal requirements of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,” Erik Møse said at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday, September 4. Violations, he said, include “intentional killings, unlawful imprisonment, torture, rape and other sexual violence, unlawful displacement and deportation.” Some of these acts are qualified as war crimes. “Some of them, if confirmed by further evidence, may equate to crimes against humanity,” Erik Møse noted. The head of the commission outlined the importance of the Russian authorities “ensuring that all responsible are brought to justice”. He added that the commission had also investigated “several violations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.” Russia denies that its military is committing war crimes in Ukraine.