Could Russia’s Vladimir Putin be prosecuted for the crime of aggression? Some legal scholars are calling for a special tribunal like the one at Nuremberg that tried Nazi officials after World War II
One proposal, to prosecute him for the crime of aggression, harks back to Nuremberg, where Nazi officials were tried by a special tribunal after World War II. The idea is contentious.
Russia is persevering in its war in Ukraine despite setbacks, sanctions and condemnation from many countries. WSJ’s Ann Simmons explains why deep cultural and political ties, its strategic location and potential resources have made the former Soviet Republic a target for Moscow.
. They envision a special tribunal with high-ranking defendants, Russian President Vladimir Putin chief among them. The tribunal would “signal our resolve that the crime of aggression will not be tolerated, and that we will leave no stone unturned in bringing to an end the terrible events we are now seeing,” said a March statement by several international lawyers, a former Nuremberg prosecutor and former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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