Moldova joins international efforts to compensate damage caused to Ukraine

The Republic of Moldova is joining international efforts to establish a mechanism for compensating the damage caused to Ukraine as a result of the Russian Federation’s aggression. Today Parliament ratified, in first reading, the Convention on Establishment of the International Claims Commission for Ukraine, a document signed in The Hague on 16 December 2025.

The ratification draft was presented in the Parliament plenary by the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Justice, Lilian Apostol, who stated that the Republic of Moldova’s accession to this Convention represents an important step in strengthening our country’s commitment to international law and European values.


“The Republic of Moldova will join these states and will consistently align itself with the international and European effort to establish an effective mechanism for repairing the damage caused to Ukraine. The ratification of the Convention naturally fits into the European direction of the Republic of Moldova, strengthens our partnership with Ukraine, and reaffirms our country’s alignment with the efforts of the international community to defend international law, as well as the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states,” Apostol said.


The Convention provides for the creation of the International Claims Commission for Ukraine, a body that will examine compensation claims for damage caused by the Russian Federation’s aggression starting from 24 February 2022. The mechanism will allow the submission of compensation claims by natural persons, legal entities, as well as by the Ukrainian state, including regional and local authorities.

According to the Secretary of State of the Ministry of Justice, the new mechanism represents the next stage after the establishment of the Register of Damage for Ukraine, created by the Council of Europe in 2023.

The official specified that the compensation mechanism will cover damage resulting from violations of the Charter of the United Nations, international humanitarian law, and human rights committed in the context of the armed aggression against Ukraine.

The official emphasized that the participation of the Republic of Moldova in this mechanism has both a legal and a political dimension, by reaffirming support for a rules-based international order.

So far, the Convention on the Establishment of the International Claims Commission for Ukraine has been signed by 37 member states of the Council of Europe, as well as by Canada and the European Union. The document will enter into force after ratification by at least 25 states or regional organizations.