On Wednesday 19 March, the ‘Register of Damage for Ukraine’ based in The Hague and set up by the Council of Europe, announced that new categories of compensation claims were being opened.
The announcement was made at a high-level meeting between the Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Iryna Mudra, the Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Justice, Liudmyla Suhak, and the Board and Executive Director of the ‘Register’.
These new categories of claims relate to involuntary displacement, serious personal injury, sexual violence, torture or inhuman and degrading treatment, deprivation of liberty, forced labour or forced service.
“Ukraine is firmly committed to accountability and justice” said Prime Minister Shmyhal.
“We will make Russia pay. To do this, the Government of Ukraine is working on the full confiscation of Russian frozen assets. We have a strong coalition of support from more than 50 countries and organisations that are helping Ukraine on this path. The international ‘Register of Damage’ is the first of three elements in this direction”.
The Register’s Executive Director, Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi, urged victims to come forward, as “every claim strengthens the foundation for justice and future reparations”.
These new categories of claim are in addition to the three already in place: death or disappearance of a family member and damage to residential property.
Link to the ‘Register’ website: https://aeur.eu/f/g16 (Original version in French by Véronique Leblanc)