EU, G7 discuss special tribunal on Russian crime of aggression

European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said this in an interview with Kyodo News.

“We'll continue, maybe during the Japanese presidency (of the G-7) to see whether it's possible to have the same approach about a proposal,” Didier Reynders said.

In particular, he emphasized that the European Union, in cooperation with Ukrainian judicial authorities and the UN International Criminal Court, is currently studying the possibility of establishing a special tribunal or a mixed tribunal with the participation of Ukrainian and international judges to prosecute Russia for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

It is also noted that the ministers of justice of the G7 countries - the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the European Union - are planning to discuss ways to bring to justice the Russian leadership and Russian citizens suspected of war crimes committed in Ukraine during the war unleashed by Moscow on July 7 in Tokyo.

• On March 17, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. In response, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev threatened to launch a missile strike on the court in The Hague. 

• On March 23, a memorandum was signed between the government of Ukraine and the court in The Hague on the opening of an office of the International Criminal Court in Kyiv.