Overview

• On June 25 at the NATO summit in The Hague, Zelensky signed an agreement with the Council of Europe to establish the continent’s first special tribunal to prosecute the crime of aggression against Ukraine.
• The court will be composed of 15 judges chosen by a steering committee for three- to nine-year nonrenewable terms and will lack authority to charge sitting Russian President Vladimir Putin or other current officials.
• The Council of Europe will also oversee a war damages register that has logged more than 34,000 compensation claims to date.
• In parallel to the signing, Zelensky met President Donald Trump to pursue a ceasefire plan and discuss potential delivery of U.S. Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine.
• Zelensky has voiced determination that the tribunal will eventually be capable of bringing top Russian leaders to account and delivering justice for wartime aggression.