Ukraine announces voting in UN for special trial concerning Russian aggression

EUROPEAN PRAVDA – THURSDAY, 12 JANUARY 2023, 22:40

Emine Dzhaparova, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, has announced that the UN General Assembly will vote on establishing a special tribunal to investigate Russia's crime of aggression. 

Source: Dzhaparova at the open debates of the UN Security Council for the rule of law in the international relations, cited by European Pravda, referring to Ukrinform

Quote: "We are calling upon all responsible states to support the resolution about creating the tribunal that we are going to submit for consideration by the General Assembly."

She has stressed that "the right of force, which Russia is barbarically practising against Ukraine, gives a clear signal to everyone present in this room: nobody is safe anymore".

"If a country abuses the rights and privileges of a permanent member of the Security Council and attacks another UN member state, it can only mean one thing: safety is ruined, international peace is jeopardised, and the rule of law is brutally violated", Dzhaparova stated.

She reminded the public that almost 88 years ago, the USA, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union signed the London Agreement and the Charter of the International Military Tribunal, which paved the way for the Nuremberg Process.

"This is what we must do today to create a special tribunal for the investigation of the crime of aggression", – she added.

Back in December, the media reported that a project for the tribunal creation resolution was circulating in the UN with the aim of prosecuting the Russian authorities for the crimes of aggression in Ukraine.

Reportedly, some countries and organisations, specifically Ukraine, are calling to create a special international tribunal for investigating war crimes committed by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Karim Khan, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, considering the punishment of the Russian Federation for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, believes it will be appropriate to focus on already existing institutions and not on the creation of new ones.

At the same time, the International Criminal Court cannot investigate Russia’s crime of aggression if both sides of the conflict are not the participants of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Neither Ukraine nor Russia have ratified this statute.

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