The United States on Tuesday expressed its support for the establishment of a special court to try the crimes of the Russian invasion of Ukraine based on the Ukrainian judicial system, with international support and located in a third country.
A State Department spokesman told reporters that this “internationalized national court” model would allow Ukraine to lead accountability for alleged war crimes with the support of the international community.
“The United States supports the creation of a special court on aggression against Ukraine based on the Ukrainian judicial system with international elements,” the same source said.
Joe Biden’s government wants this court to have special support from its European partners and that it “ideally be located in another European country,” he added.
According to the spokesman for US diplomacy, said court would complement the work of the International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression (ICPA), an organization that the European Commission plans to launch in the summer to preserve the evidence and prepare its analysis for a possible Russian aggression trial.
“We are committed to working with Ukraine and countries around the world to support the court and maximize the chances of accountability,” the spokesperson concluded.
Speaking at the US-sponsored Democracy Summit on Tuesday, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba warned that implementing peace “at any cost is illusory” and stressed that maintaining his country’s territorial integrity is an “essential” condition.
He also celebrated the arrest warrant issued weeks ago by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Russian President Vladimir Putin for the deportation of Ukrainian children during the war. Neither Russia nor the United States are party to the Rome Statute of the ICC.
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