Yuri Kobzar15:25, 04/05/24

At the moment, the only obstacle to this is the lack of political will of the international community.

An international special tribunal to try the Russian military-political leadership will likely be created before the end of 2024. This hope was expressed by European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders in a commentary to DW .

“Two main options are being considered: an international tribunal based on a multilateral agreement or a simplified solution based on a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe,” the European Commissioner said.

According to Reynders, the creation of the tribunal is in its final stages. 

“The next step is a matter of political will. Now is just the beginning of the year, and by the end of the year this should become possible,” he assured.

The likely venue for the tribunal is The Hague. The Netherlands has already made such a proposal, and other partner countries have welcomed the idea. An international team of prosecutors has already been working in this city since July 2023, analyzing evidence transferred from different countries. She is preparing a case, which will subsequently be submitted to a special tribunal for consideration.

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As UNIAN wrote, a conference “Restoring Justice for Ukraine” was recently held in the Netherlands , during which representatives of 44 countries supported the creation of a special tribunal to hold the Russian leadership accountable for crimes against Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office claims that right now it is ready to prove more than 100 thousand war crimes committed by Russian soldiers

(C)UNIAN 2024