“Despite not being at the negotiating table, the Council of Europe stands ready to support Ukraine in achieving a just and lasting peace”, said the Strasbourg-based organisation’s Secretary General Alain Berset on Tuesday 17 February, at the end of a two-day visit to Ukraine.
This support has already resulted in the creation of a mechanism to compensate for war damages and the launch of work towards establishing a special tribunal to investigate Russia’s crime of aggression against...