The Prosecutor General's Office, together with human rights lawyers, is preparing a war crimes dossier to be submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Russia of deliberately causing famine during the war against Ukraine, Ukrayinska Pravda reports citing The Guardian.

A judge from Luhansk region will be tried for high treason and public calls for a violent change of government, the Prosecutor General's Office reports. She is charged with public calls for violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order and seizure of state power, encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, and high treason.

In Kherson region, two local residents were involved in the organisation of a pseudo-referendum. They have been notified of suspicion, the Prosecutor General's Office reports. Such actions are punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to ten years with disqualification to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of ten to fifteen years and with or without confiscation of property.

On 18 September, the International Court of Justice in The Hague resumed hearings in the case of Ukraine's lawsuit against Russia for violation of the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in connection with Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine. These hearings will last until 27 September.

The International Criminal Court has opened its office in Kyiv. This was reported by Ukrinform. On the occasion of the opening, a joint press conference was held in the capital by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin and ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan.

This was stated by Yuriy Belousov, Head of the Department for Supervision of Criminal Proceedings in Crimes Committed in the Context of Armed Conflict, Office of the Prosecutor General, during the discussion "Genocide as a Crime. How to punish the perpetrators?"

The international community continues to debate the format of a tribunal that would bring Russia to justice for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. So far, the opinion of European Commissioner for Justice D. Reynders and the US Department of State on the idea of creating a "hybrid tribunal" that would be part of Ukraine's judicial system has dominated in the West.

It is also noted that more than 1619 children have suffered in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. As of the morning of 26 August 2023, according to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 503 children were killed and more than 1116 were injured of varying severity.

On 21 August 2023, the international conference Special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine took place in Kyiv. Justice to be served was dedicated to the establishment of a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. 

According to Andriy Smirnov, the Core Group for the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine will meet again in September in The Hague. The deputy head of the Presidential Office noted that one of the new options to be considered during the Core Group meeting is the possibility of creating an "internationalised court".