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The Ukrainian parliament voted on Wednesday to ratify the Rome Statute by 281 votes to one, with 22 abstentions, making the country a party to the International Criminal Court (ICC) parliamentary deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on Telegram. The measure was passed with a temporary reservation relating to Ukraine’s military. While Ukraine signed the statute in January 2000, its parliament had not yet ratified it. The statute forms the basis for court, which sits in The Hague and focuses largely on genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The ratification was passed with the reservat…

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