The Robert H. Jackson Center will host a virtual program on Wednesday, July 9, at noon to explore the legal, political and strategic efforts behind establishing the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine.

The panel will feature leading international prosecutors and human rights advocates who are directly involved in shaping the tribunal’s concept and processes. The discussion will examine the tribunal’s legal foundations, political implications, and its potential to reshape international criminal justice. The conversation will highlight how political compromise, legal precedent, and global resolve converge in response to Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Panelists will address jurisdictional challenges, including prosecuting high-ranking officials, and reflect on what this tribunal could mean for the future of the rule of law worldwide.

Panelists include:

– David M. Crane, former chief prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone and founder of the Global Accountability Network, distinguished scholar in residence at Syracuse University and an adjunct professor with the Washington College of Law of American University;

– Hon. Irwin Cotler, international chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, former minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, and longtime member of Parliament, Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University;

– Ambassador Hans Corell, former under-secretary-general for legal affairs and the legal counsel of the United Nations; and

– Inna Liniova, international operations advisor and director of the Institute of Human Rights of the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA).

For more information, visit RobertHJackson.org/events.