This event is co-sponsored by members of the Security Council: USA, UK, Ireland, Norway and Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden and European Union.

Albania will be represented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Olta Xhaçka, who will facilitate the meeting which is expected to last over 3 hours.

Reporting in the meeting will be Mrs. Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Mr. Karim A.A.Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC); Attorney General of Ukraine Mrs. Irina Venediktova. Speaking in behalf of civil society will be Mrs. Amaal Clooney representative of the Clooney Justice Foundation; Zj. Ida Sawyer, Director of Human Rights Watch.

The meeting will focus on discussions on the accountability and importance of documenting crimes committed in Ukraine after the Russian aggression, as well as mobilization of the international community to assist international legal mechanisms, such as the International Criminal Court or courts of specific countries to use universal jurisdiction to prevent impunity and to bring to justice those responsible for crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine.
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