Key messages:

- On 25 June 2025, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset signed an agreement in Strasbourg to establish the Special International Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression committed by the Russian Federation.

- This will be the first tribunal of its kind since the Nuremberg Trials focusing not only on the consequences of war, but on punishing the decision to launch it. 

People, accused of the crime of agression, will be held liable regardless of their positions. 

- Nigeria’s longstanding contribution to regional peacekeeping has demonstrated that Africa plays a vital role in upholding international stability. And as Ukraine faces unprovoked aggression, our shared commitment to justice must not waver. 

- We invite Nigerian civil society, legal professionals, students, and the media to follow this historic process. 

Justice is a promise to future generations:

“Aggression is a crime — and it will never go unpunished.”

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