The Council of Europe should play a leading role in creating a registry to record and document evidence and claims of damage, loss and injury caused by Russian armed aggression against Ukraine, says CE Secretary General Maria Pejcinovic-Buric. This is stated in the document "

It is indicated that the register is an important part of ongoing international initiatives to create a compensation mechanism for crimes of aggression by Russia. Pejcinovic-Buric stressed that the Council of Europe is in a good position to develop a register of such applications. In particular, this can be done in the context of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights and the process of supervision of its decisions..

“The organization is already providing legal and policy advice, training experts in the field of investigation and professionals working with victims of violence, especially women. These and other activities are included in the Action Plan of the Council of Europe for Ukraine for 2023-2026,” the CoE website noted..

In addition, Maria Pejcinovic-Buric in the document also proposed various options for creating a special tribunal and outlined the need for a reliable legal framework.

“Various options have been proposed for the creation of a special tribunal - all of them are ultimately based on treaties. Among the proposals is a special tribunal that could be created by a multilateral agreement between Ukraine and other interested states following the precedents of the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East or the International Criminal Court,” the document says..

Another option, according to Pejcinovic-Buric, could be the creation of a special tribunal under an agreement between Ukraine and an international organization, in particular, the UN.. Also among the options is a “hybrid tribunal” based on Ukrainian law and approved/supported by the UN General Assembly.

The head of the Council of Europe is also convinced that the creation of a special tribunal will depend on the political will of the member states..

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Earlier, the US State Department predicted that the International Tribunal or other mechanism under which the Russian Federation can be held accountable for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Ukraine could be ready by the summer of 2023..

In addition, the European Union intends to create an international center that will prosecute the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine in The Hague..