Ukraine Ratifies Convention to Establish International Compensation Commission

Ukraine’s parliament has ratified a convention establishing an international compensation commission to address damages caused by Russia’s invasion, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, April 30.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said the Verkhovna Rada approved the agreement, which was signed in The Hague in December 2025 by Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.

The ministry said the ratification confirms Ukraine’s commitment to building an international mechanism to compensate for losses caused by Russia’s full-scale aggression.

Sybiha described the move as a step toward ensuring accountability, saying that “every destroyed home, school, hospital, and every lost life” must result in justice and compensation.

The commission will operate as an independent international body within the framework of the Council of Europe and will review claims related to damage, loss, and harm caused by Russia’s actions, determining compensation amounts in individual cases.

The convention has also been ratified by Estonia, Latvia, and Iceland, while dozens of other countries and the European Union have signed it.

The compensation commission is part of a broader international mechanism that also includes a register of damages and a future compensation fund. The register is already operational and accepts claims related to losses caused by Russia’s invasion since February 2022.

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Earlier, the Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U) opened filing for five new categories specifically designed for businesses and the Ukrainian state companies, which will allow legal entities – regardless of ownership – to build a full international evidence base for future reparations.

The register is now moving from personal losses of Ukrainians caused by Russian aggression to production capacity damages. The latest expansion addresses a different scale of wartime consequences: the destruction of infrastructure, the loss of production capacity, the disruption of logistics chains, and the functional collapse of entire economic sectors.

Based in The Hague since December 2025, the Register serves as the first step toward a comprehensive international compensation mechanism.