Inna Andalitskaya21:08, 06/13/23
Ukraine will prepare a draft UN General Assembly resolution on a special tribunal for Russia, coordinated with partners.
The issue of creating a special international tribunal that will judge the Russian military-political leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine was discussed today at a meeting chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
According to the Office of the Head of State, Zelensky stressed that the occupying Russian troops in Ukraine are resorting to the worst forms of aggression: illegal annexation of territories, killings, torture, rape of civilians, genocide, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and the like.
“The tribunal is necessary in order to punish the aggressor who started an unprovoked war against our country, and thus restore justice,” the president said.
According to him, without the punishment of the Russian Federation for the crime of aggression, the world security architecture will be destroyed and no other country will feel protected.
“Zelensky instructed to develop a draft resolution of the UN General Assembly on the need to create a special international tribunal, which would be coordinated with the position of Ukraine’s partners. Also at the meeting, it was decided to analyze the mechanism for the formation of the tribunal by signing a number of partner countries of the relevant international agreement. At the same time, for other states there will be an opportunity, without being the founders of the tribunal, to support its activities and recognize decisions,” the press release says.
Special tribunal for Russians – what is known
As UNIAN reported earlier, on March 21-22, representatives of 33 states cooperating on the creation of the Special Tribunal on Russian crimes in Ukraine gathered in Strasbourg .
Earlier, on January 19, the European Parliament voted for a resolution on the establishment of a tribunal for the top leadership of Russia, in particular for Vladimir Putin, for crimes and aggression against Ukrainians.
On January 26, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe supported a resolution calling for the creation of a special tribunal to hold the top political and military leadership of Russia and Belarus accountable for committing the crime of aggression against Ukraine. The venue for the tribunal is The Hague.
On February 9 , President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called on the leaders of the member states of the European Union to support a tribunal against the Russian Federation and a compensation mechanism for the damage caused by it.
On March 20, Zelensky said that the circle of Ukraine’s partners who are ready to work together to punish Russia for aggression is expanding.
As of early June, the creation of a special tribunal for the Russian occupiers has already been supported by 38 states , including European countries, the USA, Canada, Australia and others.
The top leadership of Russia will be punished for the war in Ukraine: 37 countries supported the tribunal for the aggressorsThe top leadership of Russia will be punished for the war in Ukraine: 37 countries supported the tribunal for the aggressors
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The punishment must be overwhelming too. Zelensky introduced the idea of 50 year sanctions. Then there must be at least 100 war criminals cases for the Hague. There should also be permanent reforms of the Red Cross, Amnesty, OSCE, NATO, UNSC, PACE, World Bank and other international orgs and NGO’s to reject Moskali participation. Those 50 years should give Ukraine half of the Moskali GDP and gift oil and gas for those 50 years too.
All the children and the rest of the Ukrainians abducted and kidnapped must be returned before any Russians can return home. Russia cannot be a federation anymore but I think legit referendums would take care of that. Last but not least, as has been said here many times, the Moskali have lost their right to have nuclear weapons and Ukraine should take their seat at the UNSC. They must reset so this won’t happen again.