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IWPR’s weekly Ukraine Justice Report provides an overview of key events and links to essential reading from Ukrainian and international reports alongside dedicated IWPR reporting and analysis.
![Family members mourn the death of Ruslan Nechyporenko, 47, after his funeral on April 18, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. His body was found in Bucha after Russian soldiers withdrew weeks before, one of at least 700 murdered civilians found in towns around Kiev, according to authorities. The slayings launched investigations for possible war crimes perpetuated by Russian forces during the occupation.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/GettyImages-1392186093.jpg?h=070e6338)
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ukraine Justice Report
IWPR project will document long, painful and essential journey to bring Russia’s military impunity to an end.
UKRAINE JUSTICE BRIEFING
Tuesday, 2 August ‘22
This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.
• Ukraine’s New Prosecutor General
• “Call Russia's Campaign Genocide’’
• Torture Video Goes Viral
• Ukrainian Courts Prosecute Cases from Country's East
• Ukraine Seeks Separate Tribunal for Russian Leadership
![Policemen and forensic personnel catalogue 58 bodies of civilians killed in and around Bucha before they are transported to the morgue at a cemetery on April 6, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. The Ukrainian government has accused Russian forces of committing a "deliberate massacre" as they occupied and eventually retreated from Bucha, 25km northwest of Kyiv. Hundreds of bodies have been found in the days since Ukrainian forces regained control of the town.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large_932_/public/images/story/GettyImages-1389919683_0.jpg)
How Ukraine Will Find Justice
Concerted international action will be needed to hold senior figures to account.
![Inna, 53, cries inside her burnt out house on April 25, 2022 in Ozera, Ukraine. The towns around Kyiv are continuing a long road to what they hope is recovery, following weeks of brutal war as Russia made its failed bid to take Ukraine's capital.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/grid_large_932_/public/images/story/GettyImages-1240235351.jpg)
Ukraine: Terrorising Civilians
Missile attacks on civilian targets key to proving allegations of war crimes committed on a mass scale.
![Captured Russian soldier, Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, attends a court hearing on May 18, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Sgt. Shishimarin pleaded guilty to shooting a civilian on a bicycle in the village of Chupakhivka, Sumy Region, days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. The trial of the Russian soldier was the first that Ukraine has conducted since the invasion related to charges that could be considered war crimes.](https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img/https://iwpr.net/sites/default/files/styles/focus_main_image_932_x_580_/public/images/story/GettyImages-1397915676.jpg?h=41f55a5b)
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