Would mean Ukraine signing up to the ICC  Having the ICC prosecute Yanukovych currently faces a major difficulty; Ukraine has not ratified the Rome statute. [1] It is therefore outside the jurisdiction of the court. Technically this means the parliament can’t ask for ICC prosecution as there is no State Party to refer the situation to the prosecutor. [2] Clearly there is an easy solution to this; Ukraine should ratify the statute. This would have the benefit of reaffirming international criminal law, showing that it can be beneficial in a crisis, and increasing it as an accepted norm.  [1] ICC, ‘The States Parties to the Rome Statute’, icc.cpi.int, accessed 28/2/2014,   [2] Rome Statute, Article 14