Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Foreign Minister on Friday accused Russian troops of violate women and supported a call for the creation of a special court to punish Moscow’s aggression.
“We have many cases ofunfortunately, when Russian soldiers grated women in Ukrainian cities,” Kuleba said during a briefing at London’s Chatham House think tank.
He did not provide details but supported a call from former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and a band of international legal specialists for a special court.
The right international “is the only tool of civilization which is available for us make sure this in the end, finally, all those who made this war possible will be brought to justice”, said Kuleba, as civilian casualties mounted in Ukraine.
“We are fighting against the enemy who is much stronger than us”Kuleba said.
“But the international the law is on our sideet I hope… it will make its own contribution to help us prevail.”
Dignitaries including Brown, former judges and legal experts on Wednesday called for the creation of a special court, as the International Criminal Court (ICC) considers whether to prosecute alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
of Russian President Vladimir Putin”decision launch attacks on Ukraine lays a grave challenge to the post-1945 international order,” they said in A declaration.
“He sought to replace the rule of law and principles of self-determination for all peoples speak use of force. The totality world must be made aware of the act of the aggression he provoked and the atrocities he ordered.
“We will leave nothing to chance in put an end to the terrible events we now see, thereby ensuring that these who have unleashed such horrors are the subject of accountability under the criminal law, so that justice can be done.”
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ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said on Wednesday only one active probe into possible war crimes in Ukraine will “proceed immediately” after son office received support of 39 countries.
Ukraine has also filed a case against Russia before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the only court that can rule on conflicts between states.
“We offer the creation of a special court with limited focus on the crime of aggression,” the dignitaries said, calling for governments to sign up recognize such a court.
“The Special Court for the punishment of the crime of Aggression against Ukraine can be set up with speed”, echoing the creation of Nuremberg Tribunal by the Allies to prosecute the Nazis after World War II.
The declaration was signed by some forty dignitaries and intellectuals, including former Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz.
The UN Human Rights Council on Friday voted overwhelmingly to create a high-level inquiry into abuses in the wake of the invasion.
thirty-two members of the 47-seat council voted to create the highest-level sensor possible in alleged violations of rights, in an offer to hold the authors responsible.
This decision came after the UN General Assembly in new York on Wednesday posted his powerful reprimand, with a 141-5 vote lament Moscow invasion and demand immediate withdrawal.
