{"id":164770,"date":"2025-11-19T16:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164770\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"lithuania-to-join-special-tribunal-on-war-crimes-against-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164770\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania to join special tribunal on war crimes against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>November 19,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;The Lithuanian cabinet on November 19 approved the foreign ministry\u2019s proposal that the country join a special tribunal to investigate war crimes against Ukraine, <em>Delfi <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation will focus on \u201cspecific individuals, including the top political and military leadership of Russia and Belarus,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Criminal Court does not have such jurisdiction, so the special tribunal will fill the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The foreign ministry will represent Lithuania in the tribunal\u2019s steering committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An agreement to establish the special tribunal was signed on June 25 by Alain Berset, secretary general of the Council of Europe, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/miadininkai_vsat_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania to reopen two checkpoints on Belarus border tomorrow<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">November 19, Pozirk. Tomorrow, Lithuania will restore traffic via the Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai border crossings on the shared border with Belarus that remained closed since October 29, BNS reports, citing today&#039;s government decision. Originally, Vilnius planned to keep the checkpoints &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/164748\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 19,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Lithuanian cabinet on November 19 approved the foreign ministry\u2019s proposal that the country join a special tribunal to investigate war crimes against Ukraine, Delfi reported. The investigation will focus on \u201cspecific individuals, including the top political and military leadership of Russia and Belarus,\u201d it said. The International Criminal Court does not have such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":54997,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-164770","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania to join special tribunal on war crimes against Ukraine | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 19,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The Lithuanian cabinet on November 19 approved the foreign ministry\u2019s proposal that the country join a special tribunal to\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/164770\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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