The proposal that "a special court should be set up to try Russia's war crimes"
is now attracting attention.
It was proposed by EU Commissioner von der Leyen.
"Russia must pay for its horrific war crimes, including aggression against sovereign states," said von der Leyen. increase.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is investigating Russia's war crimes.
However, Russia is not a party to the ICC, and there is a deep-rooted view that it is difficult to hold President Putin and other top government officials accountable for crimes of aggression.
For this reason, the Ukrainian government is asking the international community to establish a special court in addition to the ICC investigation, and this time EU Chairman von der Leyen officially supported the proposal.
President Zelensky's wife, Olena, also addressed a visit to the British parliament, where she emphasized the establishment of the special tribunal.
Will the ceasefire negotiations be triggered by the rise of momentum for the establishment of a “special court”?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
has listed five conditions for Russia to resume ceasefire negotiations:
territorial recovery
, respect for the United Nations Charter
, reparations for
war crimes, punishment of war criminals, and
assurance that Russia will not invade .
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The establishment of a special court is what the Ukrainian government is demanding as punishment for war criminals, and the Ukrainian government is working on the establishment of a special court in each country, with a view to the possibility of finally negotiating with the Russian side. .
Future negotiations will depend on whether momentum for the establishment of this special court will grow within the international community.
Although France and the Netherlands are reported to be in a position to support the establishment of a special court, some in Europe and the United States believe that the establishment of a special court would overly provoke Russia and could even close the road to peace negotiations. Some countries are cautious.
On the 1st, spokesman Peskov of the Russian president's office immediately said, "The establishment of a special court lacks legality and we will not accept it," stating that the Western side is in check.
The Ukrainian government is also asking the G7 to cooperate in establishing a special court, and Japan's ability to hold the G7 chair next year may be put to the test.