The Council of Europe sign with logo next to the stairs leading to the entrance of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. Strasbourg is seat of the European Parliament.

The 46-member Council of Europe is not part of the EU and members include key non-EU European states such as Turkey, the UK and Ukraine. Russia was expelled in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset on Wednesday agreed to establish a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, ...