Resolution of the Sejm
of the Republic of Poland
of .................... 2022
on condemnation of the crime of genocide in Ukraine
Shocked by the evidence of unimaginable bestiality of the Russian army
participating in the unlawful assault on the independent Ukrainian state, we call
on the international community to respond adequately to the magnitude of the
crime committed against the Ukrainian people.
The violence used deliberately and systematically by the troops of the
Russian Federation against civilian citizens of Ukraine bears the hallmarks of
genocide. The dead victims of torture, rape and shooting in the back of the head,
symbolised by Bucha, found on the streets, in cellars and mass grave pits, are
bloody proof of the criminal aspirations of Vladimir Putin's imperial policy. These
war crimes go hand in hand with incessant propaganda by the Russian
government media, in which the word ''de-ukrainisation'' appears, i.e. action
aimed at denying the Ukrainian people not only the right to self-determination
but also the right to exist.
The Sejm of the Republic of Poland expects an immediate establishment
of an international commission of inquiry to document and verify facts, accounts
and opinions, and an urgent trial of war criminals. We also demand an immediate
suspension of Russia's membership in all international organisations that uphold
the contemporary legal order and security.
The Sejm of the Republic of Poland agrees with the content of the
complaint presented by the democratic authorities of Ukraine to the UN Security
Council and calls on the international community to bring the guilty parties before
the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
No one who values freedom, human rights and dignity, the rules of
democracy and the foundations of civilisation has the right to remain indifferent
to the tragedy of the Ukrainians. Following the discovery of the victims of the