Zelensky, Council of Europe rights body sign agreement for Ukraine war tribunal • FRANCE 24

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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 Vladimir Zilinski says has only just started Today’s agreement to create the 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 Thank you

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an agreement with the Council of Europe’s human rights body to create a tribunal for the Ukraine war, reaching an objective he had sought since the conflict with Russia began in February 2022. The new pact seeks to bring to justice “any Russian war criminal faces justice,” including Russian President Vladimir Putin, holding a mandate to prosecute the “crime of aggression” in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
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30 comments

  7. This not PEACE TALK, it’s warmongering. Ukrainians have a clown for a leader , they shouldn’t complain the circus he insists on running.

  23. Great!
    About all the comments of “you must do it for …. too”, its a question of politics. Zelensky is leading it for his country, and he is a hell of a leader! Fight for what you believe!

  26. Russia warrant the arrest of Zelinsky in the Kursh region of capturing civilians and taking hostages back to Ukraine.

  28. As an Indian, I think similar tribunals against the UK and France need to be established so that all the old crimes can be answered for by the French and British people who are eating, living and drinking on the stolen money pillaged, money that went from India to these two countries. This is a long due process and someone needs to start this British and French people need to pay. Maybe the BRICS will be the right forum to initiate this. Thank you.

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