On April 14, at 5:30 p.m. by Kyiv (10:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. (EST), 04:30 р.m. – 05:30 р.m. (CET)), the Reanimation Package of Reforms Coalition and the German Marshall Fund of the United States will organize the Transatlantic Task Force on Ukraine (TTFU) special briefing: «Standing with Ukraine: Holding Putin and Russia Responsible for Atrocities and War Crimes».

ZOOM-discussion will be focused on war atrocities and human rights violations committed by the Russian military and government across Ukraine, including in the towns of Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, and Borodyanka. We will discuss the following points with our speakers on Thursday: 

• What steps need to be taken by the international community to bring to justice war criminals? 
• How we can document Russian war crimes, indiscriminate attacks (Kramatorsk railway station) and its use of prohibited weapons?
• How to ensure Ukrainians have the support needed now, including military assistance and stronger sanctions to prevent additional atrocities?

Speakers: 

• Tetiana Pechonchyk, Head of the Board, Human Rights Centre ZMINA;

• Oleksandr Pavlichenko, Director of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union;

• Eugene Krapyvin, Expert on Criminal Justice, Center for Political and Legal Reforms.  

Moderators: 

• Jonathan Katz, Senior Fellow and Director, Democracy Initiatives, German Marshall Fund of the United States & Co-Chair, Transatlantic Task Force on Ukraine;
• Olena Prokopenko, Non-resident Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States & Co-Chair, Transatlantic Task Force on Ukraine.  

Registration via this link

Contact person: John Alexander, jalexander@gmfus.org 

The Transatlantic Task Force for Ukraine, established in October 2018 by the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Reanimation Package of Reforms Coalition with support from several civil society organizations in Ukraine. It is supported by the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, A Project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. This event  is also supported by the Ukraine Civil Society Sectoral Support Activity implemented by ISAR Ednannia in partnership with the Ukrainian Center of Independent Political Research (UCIPR) and Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law (CEDEM) thanks to the generous support of the American people through The United States Agency for International Development (USAID).