The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced, on Wednesday 30 November, that the EU is proposing the creation of a special tribunal to investigate Russia’s crime of aggression in Ukraine. Until now, the European Commission had suggested relying on the International Criminal Court (ICC), which already investigates war crimes (see EUROPE B13042A2). However, Ukraine had been calling for months for the creation of a special international tribunal to try the crime...