Thirty-four European states plus Australia, Costa Rica and the European Union said, on Friday, May 15, that they would join a future special tribunal for Ukraine to prosecute Russia over its invasion of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an accord with the Council of Europe last year to create a legal body to prosecute the "crime of aggression" in the invasion Russia launched in 2022.
In a meeting, the Council of Ministers, comprising foreign ministers from the organization's 46-member states, approved a resolution laying the groundwork for the future tribunal, it said in a statement. Members of the France-based rights body include the EU's 27 countries but also key European states from outside the bloc, such as Turkey, Britain, and Ukraine. Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe in 2022, following its invasion of Ukraine.
It added that 34 of the council's member states, plus the EU as an institution, Costa Rica and Australia, had "expressed their intention" to join the agreement establishing the court.
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Thirty-Six Countries Approve Creation of Special Tribunal for Ukraine to Try Russian Invasion
15/05/2026
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