In New York, Iryna Mudra, Deputy Head of the Office of the President, and Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, officially deposited the instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
This means that on January 1, 2025, Ukraine will become the 125th member state of the ICC.
“This is a landmark event for Ukraine. We have completed the long process of ratifying this important instrument; and finally, we are fully participating in the work of the world's key criminal justice body,” Iryna Mudra said.
Ukraine signed the Rome Statute back in 2000. This year, the Verkhovna Rada voted for its ratification on August 21, and on Independence Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the relevant law.