Iceland And Poland Take Decisive Step To Set Up Tribunal Against Putin

The punishment of crimes for aggression against Ukraine has become more real.

Iceland and Poland have confirmed their readiness to join the agreement needed to establish a Special Tribunal to investigate crimes of Russian aggression against Ukraine.

This was reported by Charter97.org, citing Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga in X.

"We are grateful to our Icelandic and Polish partners for this important step. It marks a turning point: with 17 confirmations, we have officially crossed the legal minimum in the number of member states needed to vote in favor of the agreement," Sibiga wrote.

The minister said the agreement in question is the Expanded Partial Agreement (EPA) on the Steering Committee of the Special Tribunal. He says it can now be put forward for consideration and adopted during the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers ministerial meeting in Chisinau on May 14-15.

"It has been less than a year since we gave the green light to the Tribunal on May 9, 2025, when we gathered European foreign ministers in Lviv. And now we have prepared all the legal steps to start the Tribunal's work," the official said.

Sibiga said Ukraine will continue to collect signatures from countries to join - both within and outside the Council of Europe, on all continents and in all regions.

"We call on all states to join this historic effort for accountability. The perpetrators in Moscow must realize that justice is inevitable. From ordinary Russian perpetrators to top military and political leadership. Accountability is crucial for lasting peace," the foreign minister added.

Special Tribunal for the Russian Federation

As is known, work continues in Europe on the creation of a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. Last June, Vladimir Zelensky and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset signed an agreement on the creation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

Before that, on May 9, 2025, a key international meeting was held in Lviv, where the foreign ministers of dozens of European countries together with representatives of the Council of Europe gave a political start to the creation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Russia's Aggression against Ukraine.

Then the parties agreed to move to the practical launch of the mechanism, which should bring to justice the military and political leadership of the Russian Federation for unleashing the war.

This decision was the first official step towards the creation of a separate international court, which will complement the work of other institutions, in particular the International Criminal Court, but will focus specifically on the crime of aggression.

After that, the process moved to the legal plane: countries began to prepare agreements, gather support and form the

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