High-Level Panel on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression in the European Parliament

On 2 December 2025, the European Parliament will host a High-Level Panel on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, under the offices of H.E. Dainius Žalimas MEP.

Aarif Abraham will join senior representatives of the Ukrainian Government, Directors of EU and Council of Europe bodies, and State officials, to discuss the political and legal dimensions of the establishment and functioning of the Special Tribunal.

The Panel will also review the progress achieved since the signing of the Ukraine–Council of Europe Agreement and Statute of the Tribunal (June 2025) and explore the next steps toward making the Tribunal fully operational by the end of 2026.

H.E. Dainius Žalimas is a Member of the European Parliament from Lithuania and Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the EU Vsevolod Chentsov. 

The High-Level Panel will take place between 16:30 to 18:30 on Tue 2 December 2025 in Room SPINELLI 5G1, European Parliament. The full programme is available here.

A live stream will be available, through Facebook Live, here.

Aarif Abraham acts as an adviser to the Government of Ukraine, instructed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and supporting the Office of the President, through H.E Amb. Dr. Anton Korynevych. 

Aarif is led by Prof. Philippe Sands KC and is part of a core team advising the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Special Tribunal since the full-scale invasion in Feb 2022. 

Further information about the Special Tribunal is available on the Council of Europe website, here and here. 

For further information about Aarif, please contact our International Practice Manager Naomi Smith.