Pressure grows on Putin as politicians and lawyers point to principles that led to Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals
Demands for a special tribunal to investigate Russia for a “crime of aggression” against
A special tribunal would heap further pressure on Russia and Putin, its advocates say. It would stop senior Russian officials from travelling out of fear of arrest, show solidarity with Ukraine, which has requested the tribunal, and send a message from the international community that aggression will not go unpunished. It would also examine“It has been 10 months since Russia, backed by Belarus, launched one of the largest ground invasions in Europe since the second world war,” they write.
Calls for a special tribunal are intended to show Vladimir Putin that he will be held to account for his actions in Ukraine.The statement was drawn up by the former prime minister Gordon Brown and Philippe Sands, a law professor who was theof a special tribunal. Others who signed the statement include the human rights barristers Cherie Blair and Helena Kennedy.
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