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European Parliament backs creation of special intl tribunal for Russian and Belarusian leadership – resolution
KYIV. Jan 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on the European Union and the international community to achieve the creation of a special international tribunal to prosecute the political and military leadership of Russia and its allies for aggression against Ukraine.
The corresponding resolution was supported by 472 MEPs (19 against, 33 abstaining) at the plenary session on Thursday, the website of the European Parliament reports.
“MEPs demand the Russian political and military leadership be held accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine … MEPs urge the EU, in close cooperation with Ukraine and the international community, to push for the creation of a special international tribunal to prosecute Russia’s political and military leadership and its allies,” a press release, published on the website of the European Parliament, reads.
As noted in the resolution, the creation of the tribunal will fill the vacuum in international criminal justice and complement the investigative efforts of the International Criminal Court, since at present it cannot investigate the crime of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
The resolution emphasizes that the working conditions and composition of the special tribunal have yet to be determined, but it should have jurisdiction to investigate the crimes of not only the political and military leadership of Russia headed by President Vladimir Putin, but also Alexander Lukashenko and his associates in Belarus.
“The EU preparatory work on the special tribunal should begin immediately and focus on building the arrangements for the court in cooperation with Ukraine,” the document reads.
MEPs are convinced that the creation of a special tribunal will send a clear signal to both Russian society and the international community that President Putin and the Russian leadership as a whole can be convicted of the crime of aggression in Ukraine.
