The Verkhovna Rada ratified the agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, UNN reports with reference to the broadcast from the session hall of the Verkhovna Rada.
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323 people's deputies voted "for" during the vote on the ratification of the agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.
Recall
On June 25, in Strasbourg, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset signed an agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine in The Hague.
As reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the agreement "officially initiates a new independent international legal mechanism aimed at bringing to justice the highest political and military leadership of the Russian Federation for the crime of aggression - for the very fact of the invasion of the territory of Ukraine, committed back in February 2014."
The Special Tribunal is the first international judicial body since World War II that has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute all persons, regardless of their position, who are suspected of committing the crime of aggression.
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning Russia's war crimes in Ukraine and supporting the investigation of the International Criminal Court. Deputies emphasized that the aggressor state is responsible for the aggressive war and violations of international law.