Pavel Latushka discussed the issue of Lukashenka’s accountability with the Minister of Justice of France
- Admin of the NAM
- Oct 6
- 2 min read
As part of his working visit to Paris, Pavel Latushka, Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management (NAM), held a meeting with the Minister of Justice of France, Gérald Darmanin.
During the meeting, Pavel Latushka presented to the French Minister of Justice information on the human rights situation in Belarus, drawing particular attention to the ongoing repressions inside the country, as well as to extraterritorial crimes committed against Belarusians residing primarily in the EU member states.
The Deputy Head of the Cabinet also outlined the situation of political prisoners and informed the Minister about possible approaches to facilitating their release, including through the involvement of the European Union and France, as a leading EU member state.
A separate part of the meeting was devoted to the issue of Lukashenka’s accountability within the framework of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to France’s potential support for Lithuania’s referral regarding the consideration of the Belarusian situation by the ICC for crimes against humanity committed against the Belarusian people.
The parties also discussed the issue of responsibility for the unlawful transfer of Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to Belarus, facilitated by Lukashenka, who personally authorized the corresponding financial and administrative decisions enabling the illegal transfer and indoctrination of Ukrainian children.
During the meeting, the sides also addressed the activities of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, in particular the collection of evidence and the transfer of the accumulated evidentiary base to the relevant authorities, confirming the responsibility of the so-called top military and political leadership of Belarus for its participation in the act of aggression against Ukraine.
Pavel Latushka informed Gérald Darmanin about the activities of the Belarusian democratic institutions — the United Transitional Cabinet led by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, and the elected representative body, the Coordination Council.
He also highlighted the massive and unprecedented persecution by the Lukashenka regime of members of the Coordination Council and democratic activists, noting that this persecution has an extraterritorial character and is being carried out outside the borders of Belarus.
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