As the Russians create a fake "tribunal" in Mariupol, - the lawyer explains.

The process cannot be called legitimate, it will have no legal force, the expert says. To judge prisoners of war for participation in hostilities is a war crime, so the so -called tribunal over Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol, who is being prepared in a temporarily occupied city, will be illegal. This was stated by lawyer Vitaliy Hekalo in the material of focus.

According to the expert, a serviceman may find himself on the defendant's bench if there is a proof of a particular crime, such as the murder of a particular civilian. But, as it shows, practice is not discussed in Donetsk. They are "charged" "participation in armed formation not provided for by law" or "committing actions aimed at violent seizure of power. " Secondly, the court itself should be legitimate.

It is one thing when it comes to the so -called courts in the occupied territories, another in the Russian Federation. All "courts" in the occupied territories are as follows. "Also for the creation of a special tribunal, and such were, for example, to consider the case of genocide in Rwanda or the consequences of war in the Balkans, it is necessary to be guided by laws and legitimate treaties at the level of international organizations or states, - the lawyer continues. powers, regulations.

There can be no individual country to create a court without reason and to arrange a demonstration process. " Third, the trial should be objective, as well as pre-trial consideration, the suspect has the right to choose a lawyer. We will remind, in Donetsk terrorists conduct "investigative actions" over the defenders of Mariupol. Some Ukrainian military has already changed "status" - they are called not prisoners of war, but suspected.