{"id":133708,"date":"2025-04-10T16:19:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133708\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"pace-special-tribunal-on-aggression-against-ukraine-should-span-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/133708\/","title":{"rendered":"PACE: special tribunal on aggression against Ukraine should span Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 10, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The jurisdiction of a special tribunal on aggression against Ukraine, which is being formed in the framework of the Council of Europe, &#8220;should extend to the alleged crimes of aggression committed by the so-called Belarusian leadership as well as the military and political leadership of North Korea,&#8221; the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said yesterday in a resolution, according to the draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document states that the agreed texts of the proposed bilateral deal between Ukraine and the Council of Europe, the statute of the special tribunal and the extended partial agreement on managing it have been submitted for political consideration in Ukraine and the states involved in setting up the international judicial body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;By establishing such a tribunal, the Council of Europe will not only support its member State, Ukraine, in its efforts to ensure accountability, but will also uphold the international legal order, on the premise that the pursuit of peace based on justice and international co-operation is vital for the preservation of human society and civilisation, as recalled in the Preamble to its Statute (ETS No. 1),&#8221; the resolution says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputies reiterated that the full-scale invasion of February 2022 constituted &#8220;a continuation of the war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine that began on 20 February 2014.&#8221; They stressed that any possible peace talks should not jeopardize the commitment to hold Russia and those responsible for its crimes and violations of international law to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also called for Moscow and Minsk to be held accountable for their systematic use of torture and other ill-treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/zakliuchenie_unsplash_marco_chilese_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">PACE rapporteur points to alarming situation of Belarus&#039; prisoners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 8, Pozirk. The situation of political prisoners in Belarus and Russia remains extremely alarming, said Azadeh Rojhan, general rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In an information note for the PACE&#039;s spring session (April &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/133408\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 10, Pozirk. The jurisdiction of a special tribunal on aggression against Ukraine, which is being formed in the framework of the Council of Europe, &#8220;should extend to the alleged crimes of aggression committed by the so-called Belarusian leadership as well as the military and political leadership of North Korea,&#8221; the Parliamentary Assembly of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":133692,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-133708","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PACE: special tribunal on aggression against Ukraine should span Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 10, Pozirk. 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