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Ukraine plans international court to put Putin on trial

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Thibault Marchand, Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint press conference with Turkmenistan" s="" President="" Serdar="" Berdymukhamedov="" following="" their="" meeting="" in="" June="" The="" Turkmen="" president="" is="" on="" an="" official="" visit="" Moscow.="" Yuri="" EPA-EFE="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/08/25/vladimir-putin.jpg"/><figcaption>Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint press conference with Turkmenistan&#x27;s President Serdar Berdymukhamedov (not pictured) following their meeting in Moscow, Russia, June 10, 2022. The Turkmen president is on an official visit in Moscow. Yuri Kochetkov, EPA-EFE/Pool </figcaption></figure></div><p>KYIV — Six months into Russia&#x27;s invasion, Ukrainian officials are drawing up plans to make sure Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top military commanders will be tried for launching the war.</p><p>The plan for a special international tribunal to investigate Russia&#x27;s alleged &quot;crime of aggression&quot; is being spearheaded by Andrii Smirnov, deputy head of Ukraine&#x27;s presidential administration.</p><p>The definition of the crime of aggression was adopted in the 2010 Rome Statute, and the similar notion of &quot;crime against peace&quot; was used in trials in Nuremberg and Tokyo after the Second World War.</p><p>The International Criminal Court, which has been trying the gravest crimes for the past 20 years, is already investigating war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Ukraine.</p><p>But it cannot look into accusations of aggression because neither Ukraine nor Russia have ratified the Rome Statute.</p><p>This court is &quot;the only way to make sure that the criminals who started the Ukraine war are held accountable quickly,&quot; Smirnov told AFP.</p><p>&quot;The world has a short memory. That&#x27;s why I would like this tribunal to start working next year.&quot;</p><p>Ukraine knows that the accused will not be present, but this tribunal &quot;will serve to make sure that these people are labelled as criminals, and that they cannot travel in the civilized world,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/22/22/after-6-months-of-war-whats-next-for-ukraine">After six months of war, what&#x27;s next for Ukraine?</a></li></ul><div><strong>INTERNATIONAL TREATY DRAFTED </strong></div><p>Ukrainian prosecutors have identified some 600 suspects in the aggression so far, including senior military officials, politicians and commentators.</p><p>An international treaty to set up the tribunal has been drafted, ready to be signed by governments.</p><p>The court&#x27;s decisions would then be recognized on the territory of the signatory countries, which means that any convicted offenders could be arrested there.</p><p>Smirnov said several countries are set to sign the document before the end of the year and negotiations are ongoing with &quot;several European partners (who) are willing to host the tribunal.&quot;</p><p>&quot;We want this court&#x27;s decisions to be recognized&quot; he said, arguing he &quot;perfectly understands&quot; that the court needs strong legitimacy.</p><p>Despite several reforms, Ukraine courts have been criticized for lack of independence and corruption in the past.</p><p>While Poland and the Baltic states -- Ukraine&#x27;s closest partners -- have been very supportive of the proposals, Germany and France have given more measured reactions.</p><p>Political considerations may explain this.</p><p>&quot;Some countries, while acknowledging the aggression against Ukraine, are trying to keep a small window for negotiations with Vladimir Putin open,&quot; Smirnov said.</p><p>But, even in Western Europe, support is slowly building for the idea.</p><p>The European Parliament called for a special international tribunal for crimes of aggression on May 19.</p><p>And, speaking at an international conference on war crimes in Ukraine in The Hague last month, Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said the question of a special court was a &quot;very valid point&quot;.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/25/22/15-killed-50-hurt-in-russian-strike-on-ukraine-rail-station-zelensky">15 killed, 50 hurt in Russian strike on Ukraine rail station: Zelensky</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/24/22/ukraine-will-fight-until-the-end-zelensky">Ukraine will fight &#x27;until the end&#x27;, Zelensky says on Independence Day</a></li></ul><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2193088" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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Ukraine plans international court to put Putin on trial

Thibault Marchand,

Agence France-Presse

Published Aug 25, 2022 10:15 AM PHT

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