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April 15, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Iceland and Poland have confirmed their willingness to join an agreement to launch the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are grateful to our Icelandic and Polish partners for taking this important step,\u201d Sybiha said. \u201cIt marks a turning point: with 17 confirmations we have officially crossed the bare legal minimum of CoE [Council of Europe] member states required to put the agreement to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal can now be tabled and adopted during the ministerial meeting of the CoE Committee of Ministers in Chi\u0219in\u0103u on May 14-15, Sybiha said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnother step has been taken toward justice for [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka and his allies, who committed the crime of aggression,\u201d Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, deputy head of the United Transitional Cabinet, said in a comment on its Telegram channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 17 countries, \u201cthe individuals who committed an act of aggression will be in the limelight very soon, when the investigation starts and guilty sentences are being handed down,\u201d \u0141atu\u0161ka commented on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Strasbourg on April 2, \u0141atu\u0161ka met with Gianluca Esposito, the Council of Europe\u2019s director general of human rights and rule of law, as well as the permanent representatives of Slovenia and Latvia to the CoE, Berta Mrak and Agnese Vilde, to discuss accountability for \u0141uka\u0161enka and \u201chis accomplices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2025, the Lithuanian foreign ministry informed the Council of Europe about the country\u2019s participation in a special tribunal to investigate war crimes against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithuania became the first state after Ukraine to declare its readiness to join the tribunal as a founding member of its steering committee, the ministry said, citing the government\u2019s decision adopted on November 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccountability for the crime of aggression is essential to ensure justice and lasting peace in the region and the world,\u201d the ministry stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tribunal\u2019s investigation will focus on \u201cspecific individuals, including the top political and military leadership of Russia and Belarus,\u201d the cabinet noted earlier. The International Criminal Court does not have such jurisdiction, so the special tribunal will fill the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An agreement to establish the special tribunal was signed on June 25 by Alain Berset, CoE secretary general and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lithuania joins special tribunal on war crimes against Ukraine<\/h3>\n
November 27, Pozirk. The Lithuanian foreign ministry informed the Council of Europe (CoE) of the country's participation in a special tribunal to investigate war crimes against Ukraine, according to a statement on its website. Lithuania became the first state after …<\/div>\n \n