Exclusive: International tribunal looks like best chance for MH17 justice - Dutch sources

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands is discussing with its allies an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysian airliner over rebel-held eastern Ukraine last year, sources familiar with the discussions have told Reuters.

The chance of a successful prosecution is considered slim at best but the Dutch still hope that, by pushing for a U.N.-style court with the backing of Western allies, they could pressure Russia, whose role in the process is critical, into cooperating.

Of the 298 dead passengers and crew on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, two-thirds were Dutch. With the anniversary of the disaster looming on July 17, the government is under intense pressure to act from a public who mostly believe Russia either shot down the plane or supplied the rocket to those who did.

Two sources in the Netherlands, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said the legal and political complexities of the case had persuaded it to focus on creating an international court backed by the U.N. Security Council, once a multinational investigation finishes and suspects are named.

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[geek tragedy]

1. Prosecutions will have to be in absentia, since the perps have the full protection of Putin.

There will be no justice for those victims.

The Russians won't allow a tribunal to be created. They know the whole world knows their stooges did it, and they just don't care. No remorse, no shame, no sense of the most basic decency.

[elias49]

2. I'll wait to hear that the US will participate.

I may have to wait a long time!

[totodeinhere]

3. If they plan to have it backed by the Security Council don't count on it.

Remember the Russians have veto power in the Security Council.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

4. I suspect they will have to settle for a snatch in the middle of the night fifteen years from now

or an unexplained explosion in a farmhouse on the outskirts of Shakhtarsk.