Russia's war against #Ukraine is also a brutal attack on international law. #Zeitenwende means: We must also find new answers in international law so that it can carry its full strength. @ABaerbock at the @HagueAcademy for International Law. 1/6 Foreign Minister Baerbock standing at a lectern at the Hague
Accountability matters. No country should be able to wage a war of aggression in the 21st century and get away with it. Because this crime of #aggression is a crime against the most precious thing we have, our #peace. @ABaerbock 2/6
Where there is no #justice for the victims, there will not be no lasting peace. This is about justice for the people in Butcha, Kharkiv or Mariupol who have fallen victim to rape, abduction, torture and murder. @ABaerbock 3/6
With regard to Russia's war of aggression and the International Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt we must acknowledge: There is an accountability gap in international law regarding the crime of #aggression. That is why we propose to take a two-pronged approach: @ABaerbock 4/6
On the one hand: We want to support #Ukraine internationally to establish a Special Tribunal for Aggression in The Hague, based on Ukrainian law & supplemented with international elements. To complement the ICC where it currently cannot act due to the accountability gap. 5/6
On the other hand: Adapt the Rome Statute so that aggression can be prosecuted in the same way as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. So that it would be sufficient for only the victim state to fall under the ICC’s jurisdiction. @ABaerbock 6/6
You read the full speech here: diplo.de/2573492.

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