European Institutions Decide to Establish Special Tribunal Over Aggression Against Ukraine

On February 4, 2025, senior legal experts of the European Commission, the European External Action Service, the Council of Europe, Ukraine, and 37 States laid down the legal foundations for the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. The participants also set out the key elements of the “Schuman draft Statute,” the core legal text that will govern the functioning of the Special Tribunal.