ADDRESSING RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE: THE IMPERATIVE FOR A SPECIAL TRIBUNAL UNDER INTERNATIONAL AND UKRAINIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Journal: JANUS NET e-journal of International Relation
Year: 2025

Historically, the principle of individual criminal responsibility was shaped under international law in the aftermath of the Second World War by the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal. For the municipal systems governed by the member states, the incentive to support the principle of international criminal responsibility was to end the impunity for the most severe crimes of common concern committed on the territories of the member states.