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Overseas ministers assembly in Lviv – together with UK Overseas Secretary David Lammy – have signed a doc supporting the institution of a particular tribunal to prosecute Vladimir Putin and different senior Russian officers over the struggle in Ukraine.

As we reported earlier (9.09am publish) the intention is to pursue Moscow over a “crime of aggression”.

Lammy joined his Ukrainian counterpart and 17 different international ministers within the western Ukrainian metropolis, the place they welcomed the completion of the technical work
required to set the tribunal up. 

It can function inside the framework of the
Council of Europe.

That’s the continent’s main human rights watchdog, shaped after the Second World Conflict. 

The tribunal might start working subsequent yr.

It can “make sure that these most liable for
the aggression in opposition to Ukraine are held accountable”, the EU’s head of international
coverage, Kaja Kallas, instructed reporters. 

Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in a video deal with to the assembly that the initiative might deter future aggression.

“A robust tribunal for the crime of aggression can – and
should – make any potential aggressor assume twice,” he commented.

Lammy stated ministers have been “sending a robust message to Putin and his cronies
and those who stand with him that freedom will prevail”.

An EU official stated the tribunal would wish to respect the
immunity of Putin and his officers whereas in workplace, however {that a}
prosecutor would have the ability to put together a proposed
indictment for when that immunity dropped. 

The Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant in opposition to Vladimir Putin over the
deportation of Ukrainian youngsters. 

However Moscow has described that as “null and void”.

The ICC can’t prosecute Russian officers for the crime
of aggression in Ukraine as a result of Russia isn’t a member of the
Rome Statute, which created the court docket, and Ukraine was not a
full member on the time of the invasion. 

Ukraine says Russian troops have dedicated many hundreds of struggle crimes – one thing Moscow denies.