By Efe Ozkan
ISTANBUL (AA) - Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada ratified the Rome Statute on Wednesday, passing the bill with 281 votes in favor.
Prior to the vote, MPs received support letters from the General Staff and Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, according to MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
The draft bill, proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last Thursday, aims to align Ukraine’s Criminal Code with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The explanatory note for the bill highlighted the need to harmonize Ukrainian criminal law with international standards, particularly in the context of the ongoing conflict with Russia.
The Rome Statute, adopted in 1998, established the ICC based in The Hague.