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Ukraine
Pierre Z. (victim)
Type of liability
Personne physique
Alleged perpetrator(s)
X
Nationality of alleged perpetrator(s)
n/a
Legal classification of crime(s)
War crimes
Source of the complaint
Public Prosecutor's Office
Ongoing proceedings
oui
Regime
4 - 113 CP
Summary of facts
The French-Irish journalist for the American media outlet FoxNews, Pierre Z., was killed in Ukraine on March 14, 2022, while covering the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. The Ukrainian producer Oleksandra K., who was accompanying him, was also killed.
Amnesty International France recalls that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law.
Legal proceedings
<p>March 16, 2022: <span class="Y2IQFc" lang="fr">a preliminary investigation was opened by the PNAT (National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office), in which 17 family members and the NGO Reporters sans frontières took part. A joint investigation team was set up between France, Ireland and Ukraine.<br />
April 5, 2024: the PNAT referred the matter to the senior investigating judge of the Paris Judicial Court, requesting the opening of a judicial investigation for war crimes.<br />
</span><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="fr">On April 17, 2024, the PNAT announced the opening of a judicial investigation into the death of Pierre Z. </span><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="fr"><br />
</span></p>
April 5, 2024: the PNAT referred the matter to the senior investigating judge of the Paris Judicial Court, requesting the opening of a judicial investigation for war crimes.<br />
</span><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="fr">On April 17, 2024, the PNAT announced the opening of a judicial investigation into the death of Pierre Z. </span><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="fr"><br />
</span></p>
Complaint
non
Legal basis for jurisdiction (article)
113-7 PC