“We imagine that we’ve the authorized framework and the capability to make this environment friendly and fast,” she stated.

Requested if she want to see Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in jail, Burić stated it’s as much as the courts. “I believe all perpetrators of the crimes for this horrible battle of aggression ought to stand trial,” she added.

The Council of Europe consists of 46 states, all of which have ratified the European Conference on Human Rights.

For its half, the EU has but to enroll to the conference, which is enforced by the European Court docket of Human Rights.

Russia was kicked out of the Council of Europe final March, following its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.

The next Could, Burić met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. Burić says Zelensky had requested her about establishing an advert hoc tribunal.

This led to the concept of making a claims register to document and doc proof of Russian aggression towards Ukraine.

“We’ve the European Court docket for Human Rights that has been coping with instances which are coming from this battle,” she stated.

“So we’ve a data learn how to assess the claims, whether or not the claims are eligible,” she stated.

However it’s unclear when the register will probably be up and working.

Burić says she is making a proper proposal this week and hopes a choice will happen at a Council of Europe summit in Could in Reykjavik, its fourth summit in 74 years.

She additionally says that anybody can be a part of the register, even those that will not be members of the Council of Europe.

Folks earlier than buildings

An identical proposal was floated earlier this yr by a Russian human rights lawyer Olga Gnezdilova.

Gnezdilova represents victims of the Russian state on the European Court docket of Human Rights.

Though Russia is now not part of the Council of Europe, some 17,000 pending instances can nonetheless be deliberated on the court docket.

Together with Ukrainian counterparts, she stated they’re searching for to create a pan-European system to help sexual abuse victims of crimes perpetrated by Russian troopers in Ukraine.

The hope is that the help community would entice victims to come back ahead on condition that some shun discussing their tales, whereas others haven’t any the place else to show for assist. This contains refugees all through the EU, she stated.

“We all know that quite a lot of NGOs and Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC) investigators and different establishments they’re able to doc these instances,” she stated.

“The European Court docket of Human Rights may take care of such instances, however Russia didn’t implement the judgments, so this selection is closed and the ICC can also be an possibility however it is going to be obtainable not for each sufferer,” she stated.

Gnezdilova stated victims also needs to be compensated by seized Russian oligarch belongings in Europe.

“Folks earlier than buildings. The cities ought to after all be rebuilt however after the victims,” she stated.