Russian lawyers, human rights defenders call for establishing international tribunal on Russia’s crime of aggression in Ukraine

A group of Russian lawyers and human rights defenders attended the Brussels Dialogue forum where they presented a declaration that touches upon creating a dedicated international tribunal on the crime of aggression. The declaration’s text is in Novaya-Europe’s possession.

The declaration stresses that planning, preparation, initiation and execution of the war of aggression constitute a crime under general international law and criminal laws of Ukraine and Russia.

“We support the initiative of Ukraine, other states and international organisations to establish a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression. This initiative is firmly based in international law and the designation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an act of aggression by the overwhelming majority of the UN member states. Such tribunal will be able to exercise jurisdiction irrespective of official position of defendants and immunities they might enjoy under international and national law.