More than two years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war rages on with no clear end in sight. Serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law continue to be committed. The war has triggered an unprecedented reaction from the international judicial community, with Eurojust’s work sitting at the heart of the EU’s judicial response.

In March 2022, only three weeks after the start of the war, Eurojust helped to set up a joint investigation team (JIT) into alleged core international crimes committed in Ukraine, in what is likely the fastest cross-border judicial response in history.

The ongoing work of the JIT, together with Eurojust’s Core International Crimes Evidence Database (CICED) and the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine (ICPA), strive to ensure accountability for the atrocities committed.