Zelensky, Europe rights body sign accord for Ukraine war tribunal • FRANCE 24 English

kev had been pushing for its creation since the start of the war and the idea of a Ukraine war tribunal has now become real the Ukrainian president signed the agreement with the secretary general of the Council of Europe this Tuesday but the work Vlimir Zilinski says has only just started today’s agreement to create that tribunal is just the beginning and now we must take real steps to make it work and it will take strong political and legal cooperation to make sure every Russian war criminal faces justice including Putin [Applause] ukraine accuses Russia of committing war crimes since the war broke out in 2022 it says that Moscow’s forces have bombed civilian infrastructure as well as killed raped and tortured civilians claims that Russia denies current tribunals including the International Criminal Court which has issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin don’t have the powers to prosecute Russian nationals for such offenses the Council of Europe which oversees human right matters on the continent is confident that it would be able to hold those responsible to account ukraine and the Council of Europe are signing an agreement to establish the special tribunal for the crime of aggression tribunal to judge between victims and aggressors between impunity and accountability because without accountability there can be no lasting peace for Ukraine and Europe as a whole but whether we will one day see Vladimir Putin in the courtroom is very uncertain russia doesn’t extradite its own citizens and leaders benefit from immunity from prosecution while in office feels

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday signed an accord with pan-European rights body the Council of Europe for establishing a special tribunal to try top officials responsible for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The court would prosecute the “crime of aggression” in the invasion, which Russia launched in February 2022, and could, in theory, try senior figures up to President Vladimir Putin.
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20 comments

  14. President Bush was never held accountable for his "Weapons of Mass Deception". The world is spineless.

  16. These courts without jurisdiction in the country of the condemned are very useful. In fact Netanyahu and Putin are already laughing. 🤣

  18. Human rights, World based orders and judicial standards are valid to the extent of those who holds the key to World destruction. They and their proxies don't abide and its an understanding they share.

  20. a pointless waste of time and money, apparently they have already solved all the problems and they only have one concern left – to arrest Putin )

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