Ukraine & international crimes

The objective of the MATRA project is to strengthen the capacity and enhance the expertise on investigating, prosecuting, adjudicating and monitoring international crimes in Ukraine. To understand the context of the project, we provide a brief background.

The present background information provides the context in which the MATRA-Ukraine project is implemented. It is presented in three sections:

• A brief overview of the political and institutional developments in Ukraine from 1990 till the present;

• Conflict in Ukraine: from outbreak to stalemate: to the 2022 invasion; and

• An overview of accountability mechanisms.