At its 12th meeting, the Board of the Register of Damage for Ukraine took stock of the Register’s wide-ranging achievements over its first three years of existence, while reaffirming the urgency of its mandate and the need to discharge its functions as a model of efficiency and effectiveness.
The Board issued seven further decisions on the eligibility of claims to be recorded in the Register, including the first decision in claims category A3.5 for individual entrepreneurs who lost their revenue in Ukraine as a result of the Russian Federation’s full-scale aggression. In addition, the Board rendered decisions in categories A1.1 (involuntary internal displacement), A2.1 (death of an immediate family member), A2.2 (missing immediate family member), A3.1 (damage or destruction of residential immovable property), and A3.3 (loss of housing or residence), bringing the total number of recorded claims to nearly 58,000.
In a further development concerning the scope of its work, the Board held its first discussion on the content of claims submitted by the State of Ukraine and by Legal Entities in categories B and C, respectively, with a focus on category C3.1 (damage, destruction or loss of assets). The Board also finalised its approach with respect to the succession to claims incurred by a deceased person prior to their death, and will bring this to the attention of the Register’s Conference of Participants for its consideration.
In closing, the Board took note of the continuous progress towards the International Claims Commission for Ukraine, including the first meeting of its preparatory committee held by the Council of Europe with representatives of more than 50 States and the European Union. Once established, the International Claims Commission for Ukraine will continue the functions of the Register as part of its overall mandate.
The Register has now received more than 170,000 claims of damage, loss, or injury arising from the Russian Federation’s aggression in and against Ukraine starting on 24 February 2022. More claims are received every day. The Board urges all persons and entities who have suffered harm because of Russia’s full-scale aggression to submit their claims to the Register.
