According to Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood, the incoming Labour government intends to give the two-year-old international attempt to establish a special tribunal with the power to punish Russia's leadership for the crime of aggression some new life.

Debates concerning which body should establish the special tribunal have hampered discussions. There have also been concerns in the US that western leaders could be threatened with lawsuits in the future if an organisation were able to deprive the Russian leadership of immunity from prosecution in a foreign court.

Leading the core group of forty nations searching for a way to hold the three Russian leaders—Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Vladimir Putin—to account has been the United Kingdom.

Mahmood told the Guardian that in light of what has occurred to Ukraine, immediate action was required, both legally and militarily.

security council is blocked due to the existence of the Russian veto, making the Council of Europe the best alternative.