Following the Prime Minister’s statement on the UK’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sir Charles Walker urges the PM to work with NATO heads of state to set out how war crimes will be prosecuted so that Russian military and politicians are fully aware.
Sir Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con)
My right hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) asked a question about war crimes, and I suspect those crimes are already being committed by Russian soldiers against their Slavic brothers and sisters. Will the Prime Minister join NATO heads of state in setting out, at an early stage, how war crimes will be prosecuted so that all Russian soldiers, field officers, generals and, of course, politicians are brutally aware of where they will end up in a few years’ time?
The Prime Minister (Boris Johnson)
My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and it is why we are working on setting up a particular international war crimes tribunal for those involved in war crimes in the Ukraine theatre.