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Central base. Ok, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We said we would start on time at 11 15. It is 11 14. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to those of you in the room and those following online following the initial launch of the International Centre for the prosecution of crimes of aggression here at eurojust. There will be short introductions held by the european commissioner for justice, the president of eurojust, the prosecutor general of ukraine, the prosecutor of the International Criminal...

Officials talk about the newly established International Center for the prosecution of crimes of aggression. They discussed the importance of holding perpetrators in the russian invasion of ukraine accountable and in other conflicts and hope to act as a central base. Ok, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We said we would start on time at 11 15. It is 11 14. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to those of you in the room and those following online following the initial launch of the International Ce...

With the "Pinochet Precedent," the principle of universal jurisdiction can provide justice for victims of other dictatorial regimes.

The Council today adopted conclusions on the fight against impunity regarding crimes committed in connection with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

In-depth interview with Philip Grant, director of TRIAL International, a Swiss NGO that was created 20 years ago, talks to us about the development of universal jurisdiction, the value of national trials in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and how he sees the future of international justice.

Eurojust and the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have today published practical guidelines for civil society organisations on documenting core international crimes, such as war crimes and crimes against humanity. This will empower as well as support civil society organisations that seek to collect and preserve information to contribute to investigations and prosecutions at the national level or before the ICC. The guidelines aim to assist in fighting impunity a...

On April 25, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor announced that his office has joined a Joint Investigation Team on alleged international crimes in Ukraine, under the auspices of Eurojust, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation. It is a first for the ICC. Actors all insist on the need to coordinate Ukraine investigations, but there are potential dilemmas.

A growing number of states have opened investigations into international crimes committed in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last month. While high-profile international courts like the International Criminal Court have a role to play in bringing accountability, the future of international criminal law is predominantly domestic, says Sergey Vasiliev. And Ukraine must remain the primary actor in this unprecedented move of ‘solidarity justice’.

As shown in Germany, European courts may now offer a chance at justice for those who have suffered atrocities in armed conflicts in Syria and beyond.

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