Crime of aggression

The International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, ICPA, a new legal body that will investigate crimes committed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, was launched on Monday in The Hague.

"We believe that any speculation about organizing a 'new Nuremberg trial' against Russian soldiers allegedly responsible for crimes in Ukraine is inadmissible," the embassy's official Telegram channel said.

Andrew Clapham, a British professor of international law, told BIRN that focusing on the crime of aggression could mean that "individuals who ordered and planned the invasion" are brought to justice at a special tribunal.

As he pointed out on several occasions, the bombing could not break the spirit and resistance of the people of Yugoslavia. He stated that this was a crime for which no one had borne the consequences yet and innocent people had died, Sputnik reminded in its article.

The Hague – Foreign Ministry State Secretary Gašper Dovžan expressed Slovenia’s support for an independent and unbiased International Criminal Court (ICC) and for the international community’s efforts to prevent impunity for international crimes, as he took part in the general debate of the general assembly of signatories of the Rome Statute of the ICC.

President Trump’s apocalyptic admonishment to North Korea over its threats to annihilate America suggested that he might be closer than ever to ordering an attack — without waiting for Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to strike first.

A legal team is being put together in order to file lawsuits against NATO countries that took part in the 1999 bombing of Serbia.

These countries will be sued for material and non-material damage inflicted on individual citizens.

NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe has declared that alleged Russian meddling in the US election could be considered an "act of war" and prompt a military response.

Russia does not intend to ratify the Rome Statute, the basic document establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC).

TASS is reporting this on Wednesday, citing "the relevant resolution signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and posted on the government’s legal information web portal."