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French Ministry of Foreign Affairs declaration The website reported that “the fight against impunity for crimes committed in Ukraine” is a “priority” for Paris. The statement also said that France supports “impartial and independent” investigations by the Ukrainian justice authorities and the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
“We started working with our European and Ukrainian partners on the proposal to establish a special tribunal for crimes of Russian aggression in Ukraine. She stressed that, as stressed by Ms von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, this would be about reaching the broadest possible consensus in the international community.
Andrey Klihas, chairman of the Federation Council’s constitutional committee, told RIA Novosti that the establishment of the court would not have “any legal consequences” for Russia. According to the senator, “The law has long been forgotten in Europe.”
Alexei Chepa, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations, described the establishment of the court as “another political limitation” in an interview with the agency.
“I understand that this is another political limitation, and France should have thought about where the leadership of France, Poland and Germany were looking when they acted as guarantors when a coup took place (in Ukraine – socialbites.ca in 2014). When the first blood was spilled, and for eight years after that, a genocide – and thousands, tens of thousands of people were victims – the parliamentarian was enraged.
He also asked where the French leadership was looking, even though they did nothing to force Kiev to abide by the Minsk agreements.
Crimean Senator Sergei Tsekov, a member of the Federation Council’s international committee, described the French Foreign Ministry’s statement as “hypocrisy in the square”. According to him, Paris “has no right to establish a court.” He also suggested that it would be better for France to set up a court for the colonization of African countries by the French.
“If France were so objective, it would offer to set up a tribunal for Iraq, destroyed by the Americans, a tribunal for Yugoslavia bombed by NATO, a tribunal for Libya, which they also destroyed, and above all a tribunal for the French. They can also establish a court against Ukraine’s mockery of Crimea and Donbass,” he said.
“Russian attack” investigation
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission statedHe said Russia must “pay for its heinous crimes” in Ukraine.
“Therefore, we propose the establishment of a special tribunal with the support of the United Nations to investigate and prosecute Russia’s crimes, while continuing to support the International Criminal Court,” Von der Leyen said.
He noted that the European Commission is ready to work with other countries to “provide the widest possible international support to this specialized court”.
On April 28, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was the first to propose the establishment of a special international tribunal for Ukraine.
“Shaken by the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on all member and observer countries of the organization to establish a special international criminal court immediately. In the statement made by the organization, the expressions “aggression allegedly committed by the political and military leadership of the Russian Federation” were used.
According to PACE, the court “must have the power to issue international arrest warrants and not be limited to immunity of state or immunity of heads of state and government and other public officials.”
21 November NATO Parliamentary Assembly accepted a decision that the alliance countries must recognize that a “terrorist regime” reigns in Russia. The document was unanimously accepted.
It was also stated in the resolution that the North Atlantic Alliance countries intend to establish an international tribunal to investigate “Russian aggression” in Ukraine. In the opinion of the NATO states, in this way it will be possible to hold Russia responsible and pay for the damages.
Source: Gazeta
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