Ukraine to work toward “Nuremberg 2

Ukraine to work toward “Nuremberg 2" trial for Russia - MFA

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Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba has supported an international academic initiative to create a coalition of nations to set up a tribunal that would hear the case of the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

He stated this on the air of an all-Ukrainian telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"I supported an international academic initiative: to create a coalition of states to establish a tribunal to consider the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine. It is essentially the ‘Nuremberg 2,’ that is, where a group of nations unites and sets up a tribunal with the appropriate jurisdiction under international law," the top diplomat said.

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Kuleba said he did so because there is currently no clear legal instrument for Ukraine to hold Russia and its leaders accountable for the crime of aggression.

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy added that the process is not an alternative to the International Criminal Court and not an alternative to the UN International Court of Justice.

"The concept was developed by the world's leading experts in international law, which I supported on behalf of the Ukrainian state, so we will be working on it," the Minister stressed.

As reported, the UN International Criminal Court in The Hague will hold a hearing next week on Ukraine's lawsuit vs Russia over the violation of the Convention on the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide.

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