In April, 27 2018 a Round Table “Investigation of Crimean Tatar People deportation: Challenges and Prospects” took place in Kyiv. Crimean Tatar Resource Center was the organizer of the event. The Chief consultant of the Mission`s Department of Legal Analysis Ruslan Seidametov participated in the discussion submitting a Mission’s position on the current political and legal situation. Initiation of criminal proceedings on the deportation of Crimean Tatar People is an important step in restoration of the historical truth, punishment of those responsible, protection of the deportees’ rights, implementation of the international commitments by Ukraine on issues concerning of prosecution genocide. The completion of such investigation without a court decision will have legal and political negative consequences. Deportation is a crime against humanity is not subject to prescription, moreover it was completed deliberately neither in 1944 no in 1945 and in 1967.
Particularly, direct continuation and a component of a single intention to eliminate the cultural, language and ethnic origin of the Crimean Tatar People is a follow-up deportations in 60th-80th of the XX century where the accomplices of a crime are still alive. Avoiding by Russia the investigation of Crimean Tatar People’s deportation and elimination of the proceedings of 2009 – 2011, conducted by the Main Directorate of Security Service of Ukraine in ARC should be estimated appropriately.
The Mission will do all its possible to support legally the restoration of the rights of formerly deportees with the procedural status of the victims within an fact-finding procedures. The Mission would pay a particular attention to the efficient mechanisms of implementation of the Law of Ukraine “About the rights restoration of the persons, deported on ethnic grounds” dated 17 of April 2014 № 1223-VII, in particular in the mainland of Ukraine including the passport issuing to the deportees and exercising of their rights.
The participants of the discussion were Eskander Bariev – the Head of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, Emine Dzhaparova – The First Deputy Minister of the information policy of Ukraine, Mykola Knyazhitsky, the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, Gulnara Bekimova, historian, Trokhym Lugovyi – a chief investigator of the prosecutor’s office and others.