(VOVworld) – Australia has asked the UN to set up an international criminal tribunal to find those responsible for the crash of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 nearly one year ago.

A piece of wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Shaktarsk, eastern Ukraine, July 18, 2014 (Photo: AFP)

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement that the establishment of an international criminal tribunal would send a clear message that the international community will not tolerate acts that threaten international peace and security by endangering civil aviation. She said that a criminal tribunal of the UN Security Council was the best way to ensure justice for the victims and their families.
Flight MH17 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down within conflict zone in eastern Ukraine nearly one year ago, killing all 298 passengers and aircrew, including 27 Australian citizens.