The International Criminal Court in The Hague is already investigating charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday that an international center to prosecute the “crime of aggression” in Ukraine will be set up in The Hague.
“He will coordinate the collection of evidence, he will be integrated into the joint investigation team supported by our service Eurojust” (European Union Organization for Cooperation in the Field of Criminal Justice), von der Leyen said during an official visit to Kyiv together with almost fifteen EU Commissioners for two days of high-level talks.
An act of aggression is defined by the United Nations as “invasion or attack by the armed forces of a state (on) the territory of another state or any military occupation”.
The International Criminal Court, also based in The Hague in the Netherlands, is already investigating charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ICC has jurisdiction to prosecute the “crime of genocide” in Ukraine, but not Russia’s “crime of aggression” in that country.
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