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Paul Myers

Ukraine's Zelensky visits ICC, calls for new court to try crime of aggression

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference with the prime ministers of Belgium and the Netherlands at the Catshuis in The Hague, on May 4, 2023. AFP - ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for the creation of a special tribunal separate from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the crime of aggression.

"Not something hybrid that can formally close the topic, not some compromise that will allow politicians to say that the case is allegedly done. But a true full-fledged tribunal," Zelensky said in a speech to leading politicians and diplomats at the ICC in The Hague.

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