Politics

EU joins Special Tribunal to try Russia’s leaders for crime of aggression

Ewan Jones
 06.05.2026, 10:36
While war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide will be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC), also based in the Hague, that court is hamstrung on the issue of the 2022 invasions itself.
While war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide will be tried by the International Criminal Court (ICC), also based in the Hague, that court is hamstrung on the issue of the 2022 invasion itself. Photo by Ashley Chan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

The Special Tribunal in the Hague is expected to be launched in Chișinău this month.