6 hours agoZelensky signed agreements with KiE on establishing a war crimes grando
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(a year ago)Ukraine's president, Voldymyr Zelensky, signed an agreement with the Council of Europe late Wednesday for the establishment of a special tribunal that would deem senior officials responsible for the invasion of Ukraine from Russia. The Tribunal will prosecute “acts of aggression” concerning the invasion and can judge politicians of [...]
Ukraine's president, Voldymyr Zelensky, signed an agreement with the Council of Europe late Wednesday for the establishment of a special tribunal that would deem senior officials responsible for the invasion of Ukraine from Russia.
The Tribunal will prosecute “acts of aggression” in connection with the invasion and can judge senior Russian politicians, including President Vladimir Putin.
Any war criminal should know that there will be justice and that applies to Russia”, Zelensky said after signing the agreement in Strasbourg with Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset.
“will need great political and legal courage to ensure that any Russian war criminal faces justice, including Putin”, Zelensky said at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe after signing the agreement.
We must send a clear message: aggression leads to punishment. And, we have to do this together, like Europe”, he added later to X, reports REL, broadcast Periscope.
The mandate of the tribunal will be prosecution of senior political and military leaders for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, the Council of Europe said.
This criminal offence refers to the decision to use the armed force against another state by violating the UN Charter”, the council said.
Citizens of Belarus or North Korea may also be prosecuted if proven to have played a significant role in the crime of aggression against Ukraine, he added.
Beset stressed that international law “should be applied to all, without exceptions and without double standards”.
He said the Council of Europe hopes the tribunal will start work next year. It has not yet been decided where the tribunal headquarters will be located.
This is the first time such a tribunal is founded under the supervision of the Council of Europe, the highest human rights body on the continent.
The Council of Europe, with 46 members, is not part of the EU, and includes important European states outside the EU, such as Turkey, the UK and Ukraine.
Russia was expelled after the invasion of Ukraine. /Periscope
