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The European Parliament supports the creation of a special court to judge the Russian "aggression" on Ukraine

BRUSSELS, 18 Ene.

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The European Parliament supports the creation of a special court to judge the Russian "aggression" on Ukraine

BRUSSELS, 18 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The European Parliament will support this Thursday the creation of a special court to judge Russian war crimes in Ukraine, specifically that of "aggression", defending that it will serve to guarantee accountability and complement the work of the International Criminal Court.

In a joint resolution to which Europa Press has had access, the European Parliament stresses "the need and urgency" for the EU and the Member States to "promote the creation of a special international court to judge the crime of aggression against Ukraine perpetrated by the politicians and military leaders of the Russian Federation and its allies".

They urged to find the "legally sound" formula to move forward on this issue, stressing that the initiative should be launched in close cooperation with Ukraine and the international community, preferably within the framework of the UN.

The text has been agreed by 'popular', socialists, liberals, greens and conservatives, while parliamentary sources confirm that the extreme right and the left have been left out of the agreement. The resolution will be voted on and approved this Thursday at the Strasbourg plenary session.

"The establishment of said court will fill an important gap in the current institutional structure of international criminal justice," adds the resolution, which points out that the focus of this 'ad hoc' court should be to investigate "the alleged genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine".

In this sense, the MEPs defend that the creation of this body "will complement the investigative efforts of the CFI and its Prosecutor" and should be based on rules and principles applicable to said court.

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dimitro Kuleba, precisely this Tuesday asked the European Parliament to support the creation of a special court to judge the "aggression" launched by Russia in February 2022. "There is no impunity for the political and military leaders of Russia. They must be held accountable," Kuleba claimed on Twitter, where he expressly addressed the members of the Eurochamber to endorse a "Special Court for the Crime of Aggression."