The diplomatic heads of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia – Urmas Reinsalu, Gabrielius Landsbergis and Edgars Rinkeviczs – jointly called on the EU to support efforts to ensure Russia is held accountable for its aggression against Ukraine.
“The international order, which respects the principles we all want to protect, cannot survive if we face impunity for acts that blatantly break it, such as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, the crime of aggression.” Issued by three Ministries.
Their bosses called on Ukraine to continue to support investigations by several countries and the International Criminal Court (ICC), as it plays a key role in gathering evidence to identify and punish those responsible for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. , confirmed in Ukraine.
“But our activities cannot stop there” – he added.
As Reinsalu, Landsbergis, and Rinkewicz noted, “There is currently no international court or tribunal that can hold Russia’s highest political and military leadership accountable For committing the crime of aggression against Ukraine Special Court for Offenses of Aggression Against Ukraine, it will “fill this legal loophole”. “The EU, together with our partners, must be at the heart of these actions,” they stressed.
According to the diplomatic leaders of the Baltic States, such a tribunal would be the ICC. “While the ICC investigates war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity, its main task is to Special Court It will be about criminal aggression “- we read.
“The principal initiators, enablers of this criminal occupation and their accomplices, cannot avoid justice. Loopholes in International Criminal Jurisdiction“- they insisted.
On October 5, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the establishment of a special court to investigate crimes of aggression against Ukraine.
“A special court should be set up for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, so he can punish whoever. International Criminal Court And all other judicial institutions in the world, unfortunately, cannot achieve it,” Zelensky appealed.
Zelensky praised the ICC’s work in investigating alleged crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine. However, he added, “we must complete the work of the International Criminal Court so that the original crime of armed aggression can also be tried.”