Create ‘aggression’ tribunal for Ukraine now: Nobel Peace winner
Ukrainian Nobel Peace prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk on Thursday called for the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute leaders in Moscow for the crime of aggression, the invasion of or attempt to gain control over another sovereign state.
On the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Matviichuk, head of Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties which jointly won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, said the world cannot ignore mass violations of international humanitarian law in her country.
She said a special tribunal is needed to bridge an “impunity gap” preventing the International Criminal Court, which is investigating war crimes in Ukraine, to prosecute the crime of aggression.