OSCE PA supports creation of special tribunal on Russia due to war crimes

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly at the plenary session approved a resolution on the establishment of a special tribunal to hold the Russian Federation accountable for war crimes committed in Ukraine, Member of Verkhovna Rada Yevheniia Kravchuk said on Facebook, Report informs via RBC-Ukraine.

The Ukrainian MP also drew attention to the fact that for the first time in an international document "rashism" is mentioned as the state ideology of the Russian Federation.

"Finally, the resolution supports the creation of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine in order to bring Russian officials to justice, and also calls for the condemnation of the Russian state ideology of rashism," the publication says.

Also, the OSCE PA in this resolution calls for convening statutory meetings only in countries that support visa bans for Russian parliamentarians.

At the same time, the OSCE PA will not hold its meetings in countries that are ready to issue visas to citizens of the Russian Federation.

The resolution contains a call not to appoint Russian parliamentarians who support the war to high positions in the Assembly until the end of the aggression.

The Standing Committee of the Assembly also supported the decision to establish a Special Committee in Support of the Parliament of Ukraine to better coordinate consultations between parliamentarians on a wide range of issues related to the Russian-Ukrainian war, as well as to provide assistance to the people of Ukraine.

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