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Gyunduz Mamedov

Gyunduz Mamedov (Twitter: @MamedovGyunduz) is a Ukrainian expert on international and Ukrainian national criminal law, PhD of law. Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine in 2019-2021. The founder of the specialized direction for the investigation of international crimes within the Prosecutor‘s Office of Ukraine. During full-scale Russian aggression, he became one of the initiators and co-founders of the NGOs coalition on documenting war crimes Ukraine 5AM (@Ukraine5am). He is the author and lobbyist of the hybrid justice mechanism model (national jurisdiction with international professionals) for Ukraine.

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Opinion

Gyunduz Mamedov: From victory to peace through legal means

by Gyunduz Mamedov
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in the op-ed section are those of the authors. They do not purport to reflect the opinions of the Kyiv Independent. Ukraine has faced armed military aggression from Russia for eight years, but this should not prevent us from thinking about the restoration of peace. Soon, the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories, as well as the struggle toward a new Ukraine, will be on the agenda. Russia will not disappear as Ukraine’s neighbor, so we must
Opinion

Gyunduz Mamedov: Ukraine needs to strengthen effective prosecution of war crimes

by Gyunduz Mamedov
France is now fully mobilized in the fight against impunity for the perpetrators of international crimes committed in Syria and throughout the world. Recent legislative changes strengthen France's cooperation with the United Nations-mandated International, Impartial & Independent Mechanism (IIIM), which aims to gather and analyze evidence of international crimes in Syria to assist national or regional criminal proceedings, as well as international courts or tribunals. It has just been passed b
Opinion

Gyunduz Mamedov: Ukraine must hold Iran to justice over flight PS752

by Gyunduz Mamedov
Editor’s Note: Gyunduz Mamedov, Ukraine’s deputy prosecutor general in 2019-2021, was in charge of the investigation of the PS752 shootdown on the Ukrainian side. For two years, the Ukrainian investigation of the PS752 catastrophe has been waiting for Iran to fulfill its declared intentions for cooperation. It is time to admit that there is no cooperation on the part of the Iranian side. Ukraine should now intensify its own investigation and insist on international cooperation with the affecte

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