Prosecution under international law would ensure Russia’s leaders are held to account, says foreign minister
Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/GettyPhotograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/GettyUkraine’s foreign minister has backed the establishment of a special international tribunal to try Russia’s leaders for the crime of aggression against Ukrainians.by 39 countries this week to hold Russia to account at the international criminal court in The Hague. The ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, is starting an investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the conduct of the war.
Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, speaking from the back of a car in Ukraine via video link to an event at London’s Chatham House on Friday, said: “We are fighting against an enemy that is much stronger than us. But international law is on our side, and hopefully it will make its own contribution to help us prevail. The question now is how the international community will respond.“An international tribunal will fill a gap.
The former prime minister Gordon Brown, one of the advocates of the plan, said the possibility of bringingto trial was realistic. He said the tribunal, modelled on the Nuremberg trials after the second world war, would investigate all those who planned the invasion and were complicit, including by providing finance.
The call on nations to agree to set up the tribunal has support from international lawyers, barristers and former judges, including Richard Goldstone, the former chief prosecutor at the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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