In a significant legal development, 36 nations have now formally approved the creation of a special tribunal designed to prosecute Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The tribunal, which has been under discussion for over a year, represents one of the most concrete steps yet toward holding Moscow accountable under international law.
The initiative comes as Italian President Sergio Mattarella weighed in forcefully on the state of the global order. Speaking at a conference on the historic prosecution of Nazi war criminals at the Risiera di San Sabba in Trieste, Mattarella declared that “international law is being openly violated and humanitarian law disregarded.” He called the firm opposition to all forms of oppression “a moral achievement to be preserved and defended.”
