Ukraine war: Call for ‘Nuremberg-style’ trial for Putin, backed by ex-PMs and law leaders
- Sir John Major, Gordon Brown and leading names in law, academia and politics, want new international tribunal to investigate Russian President Vladimir Putin
- Launched with a website and a petition with a target of two million signatures, the campaign is already backed by 740,000 people around the world
Former British prime ministers Gordon Brown and Sir John Major are among those calling for the creation of a new international tribunal to investigate Vladimir Putin and his underlings for their attacks in Ukraine.
The former prime ministers have joined a campaign – along with leading names from the worlds of law, academia and politics – aiming to put the Russian President on trial alongside those who helped plan his invasion of February 24.
Launched with a website and a petition with a target of two million signatures, the campaign – already backed by 740,000 people around the world – seeks to gain public support for a special tribunal modelled on the Nuremberg trials.
The proposal already has more than 140 signatories, including the two former prime ministers, Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, leading professor of international law Philippe Sands QC, former prosecutor for the Nuremberg Military Tribunal Benjamin Ferencz, Helena Kennedy QC and former president of the European Court of Human Rights Sir Nicolas Bratza.
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“In only two days, the petition supporting the tribunal has already secured well over 735,000 signatures and growing. Let us aim to get two million signatures for justice by the end of the month,” Brown said.
“From Britain – which rightly prides itself in democracy and the rule of law – the message must go out. At Nuremberg, we held the Nazi war criminals to account. Now, eight decades on, we must ensure there will be a day of reckoning for Putin,” he said.
“I urge everyone to sign this petition.”
