15:43, 26 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Darya PODOLSKAYA
The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan will ratify the Rome Statute, which gives the country the right to apply to the International Criminal Court. The draft document is posted on the government portal for public discussion.
In the document, the President instructs to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court dated July 17, 1998, signed by the Kyrgyz Republic on December 8, 1998.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan was instructed to deposit the instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute with the depositary, who is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The law comes into force from the day of its official publication.
Earlier, human rights activists and representatives of civil society insisted that Kyrgyzstan should appeal to the International Criminal Court against the military aggression of Tajikistan at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.
Emergency situation has been introduced in Batken region. Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. Settlements in Leilek and Batken district came under fire. The Ministry of Health reported 198 victims, 62 people were killed. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts, as well as Dzhekendi village in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, left their homes.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan opened a criminal case on crimes against peace.