Volodymyr Zelensky calls for the creation of a special court for the crime of aggression

How to judge those responsible for the war in Ukraine? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded, Thursday, May 4, from The Hague (Netherlands), the creation of a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression, calling for a “large scale justice” and not to a “hybrid impunity”.

“There should be a responsibility” for this crime of aggression, the “beginning of evil”, Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech to diplomats and other officials in The Hague, referring to Russia’s invasion of his country. “This can only be enforced by the court”, he added, after a visit to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which sits in the Dutch city.

In March, the United States notably declared itself in favor of the creation of a special tribunal to try “aggression” Russian in Ukraine, with funds and international staff but “rooted in the Ukrainian judicial system”. The ICC in March issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for the war crime of “illegal deportation” of Ukrainian children in connection with the conflict.