The foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania issued a joint statement calling on the EU to establish a special tribunal to prosecute Russian leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

The foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have issued a joint statement calling on the EU, together with international partners, to help Ukraine create a special tribunal that will judge the top leadership of the Russian Federation.

The ministers specified that while the International Criminal Court will prosecute individuals for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity, the main responsibility of a special tribunal will be the crime of aggression.

Foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania published a joint statement calling on the EU to help create a special tribunal for Russian crimes.

The foreign ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania issued a joint statement calling on the EU, together with international partners, to help Ukraine establish a special tribunal to try Russia’s top leadership.

The ministers stated that the rules-based international order cannot survive if there is impunity for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes of aggression.

The joint statement called for continued support for Ukraine's investigations by several other states and the International Criminal Court, noting that current international courts cannot hold Russia's top political and military leadership accountable for crimes of aggression.

The ministers specified that a Special Tribunal should be created to punish aggression against Ukraine, with the main responsibility being the crime of aggression, while filling the jurisdictional loophole where key instigators cannot escape justice.