Russia having veto power on the UN Security Council is like Hitler having a veto at Nuremberg, says the leading lawyer who prosecuted Slobodan Milosevic.
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC believes that removing Russia from the UN Security Council or stripping it of its veto powers is a way to correct and make the current system 'more effective.'
Speaking to Times Radio, he said: 'A very important step that should be taken is to kick Russia off the security council, or withdraw its veto, or in some other way stop it from having the power to stop itself being tried.
'That power, just think about this, is the equivalent of Hitler being given the veto power in 1944 to say who would be tried at Nuremberg in 1946.'
Sir Geoffrey Nice QC believes that removing Russia from the UN Security Council or stripping it of its veto powers is a way to correct and make the current system 'more effective'
Sir Geoffrey, who led the prosecution of the former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal Tribunal, added: 'Saying that the present system is a bit broken or incomplete, doesn't mean to say we should not put all our effort into ensuring that it is improved.
'Certainly one of the ways it can be improved is by getting rid of Russia's veto and then it could stand trial for the crime of aggression.
'Another way is to ensure that after this conflict ends that identified Russian potential defendants are handed over by Russia.'
He suggested the international community may be more willing to take this step now as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster and has made it wake up to the shortcomings of its own systems.
And he suggested that the international community may be more open to taking this step now as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster and made it wake up to the shortcomings of its own systems. Pictured: Firefighters conduct work on debris after shelling hit residential areas at the Leninsky district's Yelenovka village of the pro-Russian separatists-controlled Donetsk, Ukraine today
An Ukrainian serviceman inspects the leftovers of Russian military vehicles in the town of Bucha on April 8
Also in his interview with Times Radio today, Sir Geoffrey Nice QC said that a full record of 'great clarity' needs to be left to note the atrocities that have happened in Ukraine.
And he highlighted the importance of keeping the records, saying that it would preferably involve war crimes trials but that it might not happen.
It comes after several world leaders and top legal
