As prosecutors gather evidence of Russian troops' alleged war crimes, some are calling for a special tribunal to hold Russia's leaders to account.
Ukraine is working with various international bodies to prosecute war crimes, and it's already charging people within its own criminal justice system. But prosecution for the crime of aggression, advocates for a special tribunal say, may be the best way to see Russian President Vladimir Putin himself face justice for the war.
In the specific case of Russia's invasion of Ukraine — barring an extremely unlikely referral from the United Nations Security Council, where Russia has veto power — the International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction over aggression. Mykola Gnatovsky, a law professor and advisor to Ukraine's foreign minister, agrees that a strong international response to Russia's actions is necessary to show that invading a sovereign state without justification is unacceptable.
Brown, who was Britain's leader at the end of the U.K. involvement in the Iraq war, said any special tribunal would not be retrospective.
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