Documents
Founding legal instruments of the Special Tribunal
- Agreement between the Council of Europe and Ukraine on the Establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (also in Ukrainian and French)
- Resolution CM/Res(2026)5 establishing the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
Decisions adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
- CM/Del/Dec(2024)1497/10.2 - Core Group on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine - Preparation of the next meeting
- CM/Del/Dec(2025)1530/1.6 - 134th Session of the Committee of Ministers (Luxembourg, 13-14 May 2025) – Follow-up
- CM/Del/Dec(2025)1532/2.3 - Consequences of the Aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine - Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
- CM/Del/Dec(2026)1548/2.3a - Consequences of the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine - a. Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
Texts adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
- Opinion 300 (2022) on the Consequences of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine
- Resolution Res. 2598 (2025) and Recommendation Rec. 2294 (2025) on Russian war of aggression against Ukraine: the need to ensure accountability and avoid impunity
Declarations and statements
- Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe, Reykjavík, 16-17 May 2023: Reykjavík Declaration - United around our values | Website
- Declaration of the Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe on the Occasion of the Informal Conference “Towards Accountability for International Crimes Committed in Ukraine”, Vilnius, 5 September 2024
- Vienna-Riga Statement of the Core Group on the Establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, Riga, 22 November 2024
- Joint Statement of the Foreign Ministers Meeting on the conclusion of the work of the Core Group on the Establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine ("Lviv Statement"), 9 May 2025
Other documents
- Letter from the Dutch Government on hosting the first phases of the Special Tribunal, 28 October 2025 (Available in Dutch only)