GT-TRIBUNAL - Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
Terms of reference
On 4 June 2025, the Deputies decided to set up a Working Party on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (GT-TRIBUNAL), open also to observer States, as well as the European Union.
Decision CM/Del/Dec(2025)1530/1.6
On 24 June 2025, the Deputies authorised the Secretary General to sign, on behalf of the Council of Europe, the Agreement between the Council of Europe and Ukraine on the Establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. They also authorised the establishment of an Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine; agreed to resume consideration of this item with a view to adopting the draft Resolution establishing the Enlarged Partial Agreement; and instructed the GT-TRIBUNAL to continue the examination of this item and to report back.
Decisions CM/Del/Dec(2025)1532/2.3, CM/Del/Dec(2026)1548/2.3a
President: Ambassador Tanja GONGGRIJP, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands
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