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Ukraine / Russia: announcement of the creation of a tribunal for the crime of aggression. Photo: A Russian serviceman leans against a machine gun on the roof of an armed vehicle bearing the inscription ‘Z’.
What to make of the announced Tribunal for the crime of aggression?
12 May 2025 by Janet H. Anderson
On May 9 around 40 countries announced their support for the creation of a new international court to prosecute the “crime of aggression” by Russia against Ukraine. The result of a joint agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe.
The invaders return - Poster for the redesigned ‘’The Invaders‘’ series. A map of the world is inlaid in the starry sky. The invaders return
7 March 2025 by Thierry Cruvellier
More and more countries – Russia, Israel, the United States, China, Azerbaijan, Venezuela – are publicly declaring their intent to conquer territories by force, or like Rwanda are doing it without admitting. The world order establ [...]
Demonstration in Vilnius (Lithuania). Two women hold signs saying It is "now or never", for a special tribunal on Russia's aggression
22 March 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
To what extent is an ad hoc court on the crime of aggression still on the table, two years and a month after the Russian full scale invasion of Ukraine? Discussions are still taking place behind closed doors, explain our Asymmetri [...]
War in Ukraine and justice - Photo: Ukrainian tanks stuck in the mud near the front line. "Stalemate in the Ukraine war translates into a justice stalemate"
23 February 2024 by Franck Petit
Two years ago, on February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, plunging the country into the deadliest war in Europe since 1945 and turning global geopolitics on its head. At the start of this conflict, and then again a year ago, Ju [...]
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War crimes in Ukraine - Investigators from the French Gendarmerie's Institute of Criminal Research (IRCGN) examine a body in a tent after its exhumation from a mass grave in Bucha, in cooperation with Ukrainian police.
11 July 2023 by Franck Petit
Yuriy Belousov: “We can’t lose Ukraine’s legal battle” In an interview with Justice Info, the head of the War Crimes Department at the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine takes stock of what has been achieved since the start of the Russian invasion. Yuriy Belousov describes th [...]
Launch of the ICPA (International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine) in The Hague, Netherlands.
7 July 2023 by Margherita Capacci
The ICPA, new kid on the block in the world capital of international justice Almost any new institution in international justice has to be in the Dutch city of The Hague. On July 3, there was a newcomer: the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression (ICPA). Ukraine and a number of [...]
International crimes: Meloni's Italy still on the sidelines
17 April 2023 by Margherita Capacci
Italy sticks to its 20-year gap on international crimes It is an historical paradox for the country where the Rome Treaty, founding text of the International Criminal Court, was signed: Italy has still not incorporated international crimes into its criminal code and still cannot exerci [...]
Benjamin Ferencz, young prosecutor at the Nuremberg trial
13 April 2023 by Olivier Beauvallet
Benjamin Ferencz: the man who sought peace through law Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg Tribunal prosecutor died in the night of April 7 to 8 at the age of 103. French magistrate Olivier Beauvallet, who worked on the French edition of his autobiography, pays tribute with a [...]
Kevin Jon Heller holds a book in his hands (he is the co-author):
13 December 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
Everything you need to know or argue about a special tribunal on Russia’s crime of aggression There was new momentum this month on the idea of creating a special tribunal that would deal with the crime of aggression of Russia against Ukraine. The president of the European Commission declared her support for it, followed by [...]
Philippe Sands (international law expert)
16 September 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Philippe Sands: “There is an issue of identity and race” in international justice The renowned lawyer Philippe Sands, a Franco-British law professor and author, is the guest of the Asymmetrical Haircuts podcast, partner of Justice Info. In this free and passionate conversation, Sands reveals how international j [...]
Sign, during a demonstration, reading
22 April 2022 by Janet H. Anderson
A Nuremberg for Russia’s crime of aggression? As the debates continue on the international legal response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, our correspondent Janet Anderson has taken some soundings from a range of international law and other experts. Central to the discussi [...]
Alexander Lukashenko surrounded by military (Russian and Belarusian flags)
14 April 2022 by Alexandre Prezanti
How Lukashenko can be held accountable for Putin’s war in Ukraine The large range of legal avenues opened by Ukraine to respond to Russia’s military aggression does not yet directly target Belarus, although it has been one of Moscow’s most needed strategic helpers. Justice and accountability eff [...]
Mykola Gnatovsky
12 April 2022 by Janet Anderson
Ukraine: “The momentum is there for a tribunal on aggression” Mykola Gnatovsky, professor of international law at the University of Kyiv, is currently a special advisor to the foreign ministry of Ukraine, and one of the minds behind the lawfare strategy developed by this country in resp [...]
The portraits of Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin are embedded in a map of Ukraine and the national flag
25 March 2022 by Julia Crawford and Thierry Cruvellier
Ukraine responds to warfare with “lawfare” There is a military response, a panoply of economic sanctions, and then there is a judicial offensive unprecedented in its speed and range. Justice is Ukraine’s third weapon in response to the invasion of its territory by the Russ [...]