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Category Archives: Ukraine
Preventing Patterns of Impunity: Recognition of the Holodomor in Ukraine as a Genocide
Max Dowbenko joins JiC for this blog post on recognizing the Holodomor as a genocide and the link between doing so and addressing more recent atrocities in Ukraine. Max is a Trainee Solicitor with the UK Government Legal Department. He … Continue reading
The View from Ukraine: Why a New International Criminal Tribunal to Prosecute Russian Aggression is Needed
The following guest-post arguing for a special tribunal to prosecute Russian aggression in Ukraine was written by Volodymyr Pylypenko. Volodymyr holds a PhD in Law and is an Associate Professor in the International Relations Department of Lviv University of Business and Law, … Continue reading
Ukraine can and should investigate its own military’s war crimes
While nowhere near the scale of the Russian atrocities, there is mounting evidence that Ukrainian forces have committed war crimes over the course of the Ukraine-Russia war. The allegations, and the evidence supporting them, won’t go away. What matters now … Continue reading
Posted in International Criminal Justice, Prisoners of War, Rome Statute, Russia, Ukraine, War crimes
Tagged Beth Van Schaak, Kenneth Roth, Makiivka, Perfidy, Wayne Jordash
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Universal Jurisdiction in Ukraine: States should commit to using their own courts to address Russian atrocities
A version of the following article was originally written for the The Global Parliamentary Alliance Against Atrocity Crimes (GPAAAC), an international network of parliamentarians and experts working to ensure democracies act more forcefully in preventing and responding to mass atrocity … Continue reading
War Crimes in Ukraine: It’s time to move from counting crimes to results in court
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February, the number of war crimes that prosecutors in Ukraine have investigated has risen exponentially. In late May, it was 14,000. By July it had gone up to 23,000. Now officials in Ukraine have … Continue reading
International justice for Ukraine shouldn’t distract from the ICC’s role in contributing to justice efforts in Africa
The following post was written by Mark Kersten and Mohamed Othman Chande, Chairperson of the Africa Group for Justice and Accountability and former Chief Justice of Tanzania. A version of it was published for Al Jazeera, on International Justice Day, … Continue reading
Investigating all atrocities, including any committed by Ukrainian soldiers, can undercut Putin’s war crimes propaganda
According to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, 15,000 alleged war crimes have been reported since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine three months ago. Hundreds more are being reported every day. The numbers reflect the brutal toll of Russia’s invasion. In response, … Continue reading
The Forgotten Victim of War: The Natural Environment in Ukraine
David Krott joins JiC for this guest post on damage inflicted by the war in Ukraine on the natural environment, and its possible treatment by international criminal law. David is as a research assistant at the FH Aachen (Germany) and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecocide, Environment, Guest Posts, Russia, Ukraine, War crimes
Tagged David Krott
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What an investigation into war crimes, crimes against humanity, and perhaps even genocide in Ukraine looks like
With every passing day, fresh allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and even genocide in Ukraine emerge. A small battalion of organizations, international courts, and states have responded by investigating atrocities committed in the country in the hope that evidence can … Continue reading
States and the ICC must avoid creating a two-tier justice system
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been asked – by forty-one states – to investigate allegations of mass atrocities committed in Ukraine. That’s no easy task. Nor is it cheap. In a show of unprecedented support for the ICC, a number of … Continue reading