{"id":165864,"date":"2025-11-27T12:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165864\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lithuania-joins-special-tribunal-on-war-crimes-against-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/165864\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania joins special tribunal on war crimes against Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 27, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The Lithuanian foreign ministry informed the Council of Europe (CoE) of the country’s participation in a special tribunal to investigate war crimes against Ukraine, according to a statement on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithuania became the first state after Ukraine to declare its readiness to join the tribunal as a founding member of its steering committee, it said, citing the government’s decision adopted on November 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccountability for the crime of aggression is essential to ensure justice and lasting peace in the region and the world,\u201d the ministry stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tribunal\u2019s investigation will focus on \u201cspecific individuals, including the top political and military leadership of Russia and Belarus,\u201d the cabinet noted earlier. The International Criminal Court does not have such jurisdiction, so the special tribunal will fill the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An agreement to establish the special tribunal was signed on June 25 by Alain Berset, CoE secretary general and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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