List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
ATO
anti-terrorist operation in the territory of certain regions of Ukraine
ARC
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
ARC PO
Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol
CCU
Criminal Code of Ukraine
CPCU
Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine
‘DPR’
self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’
ECHR
European Convention on Human Rights
ECtHR
European Court of Human Rights
ESBU
Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine
EU
European Union
HCJ
High Council of Justice
International Criminal Court
ICC
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
ICPA
International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
JIT
joint investigation team
‘LPR’
self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk People’s Republic’
MoIA
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
NABU
National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
NGOs
non-governmental organisations
NPU
Office of the Prosecutor General
Special Tribunal
PE
Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine
IAWG
National Police of Ukraine
ICC OTP
Interagency Working Group On Legislative Harmonization in the Context of Law Enforcement Practice in Connection with Ukraine’s Ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court under the Office of the Prosecutor General
OPG
Preliminary Examination