Ukraine cannot allow either “hybrid” immunity or “hybrid” peace associated with the suspension of hostilities, the president explained.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will try President Vladimir Putin of the aggressor country of Russia for war crimes in Ukraine. This is what Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said, speaking at the ICC on Thursday, May 4.
“Of course, we all want to see another Vladimir here. In The Hague. The one who deserves to be convicted of criminal acts. This should be done here in the capital of international law. I’m sure it will happen when we win. And we will win,” Zelensky said.
According to him, “the Ukrainian court can give responsibility for most of the crimes committed by the invaders.”
“But only one institution is capable of responding to the crime of aggression. It is a tribunal, not a hybrid. It will formally close the subject, but it will be a compromise,” said the president, emphasizing: “It is necessary let’s have a full tribunal and full justice.”
“We cannot allow either “hybrid” immunity or a hybrid world associated with the suspension of hostilities. We need justice and fairness, not hybrid forms,” he said.
Zelensky called for “changing the experience of the Nuremberg Tribunal with new operating rules.”
“We want to continue the tradition of mandatory punishment for the crime of aggression – as a guarantee of non-repetition of such aggression. If we want justice, we must not look for excuses, we must not refer to the shortcomings of the existing which is international law. . Instead, we must make bold decisions that will correct these shortcomings. This is what the initiators of Nuremberg had in mind,” the president said.
Recall that in the second half of April, 80,000 cases of potential Russian war crimes were recorded in Ukraine. 31 enemy soldiers have been convicted.
Source: korrespondent
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