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Hungary at a Crossroads: Economic Turmoil, Internal Dissent and the Rise of Péter Magyar – QUICK TAKE
2 October 2024
8 March 2023
The special ad hoc tribunal fills in the gaps from the ICC and will bring justice for Ukraine while deterring the actions of dictators in the future.
On Saturday, the EU agreed to establish a new tribunal to prosecute Russian crimes of aggression committed during the war in Ukraine. As Russia rejected the International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction, the EU agreed to establish an International Centre for the Prosecution of Crimes Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA) to fill in any gaps in prosecution from the ICC.
Although self-evident and undeniable, the crime of aggression Russia has committed against Ukraine currently cannot be prosecuted and adjudicated – no institution in the world can do that. The solution was offered as early as four days after Russia’s full-scale invasion, embraced and endorsed by Ukraine, to create a special ad hoc tribunal.