War Crimes
Jonathan Hafetz discusses the Russia/Ukraine war, what constitutes a war crime, and the potential war crime charges against Putin and his associates.
A war crime is defined as a violation of the laws or customs of war as established by international customary law and treaties.
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, pushing for control in the east and south of Ukraine. Days later, on February 28th, Karim Khan,the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, said he had opened a war crimes investigation following this invasion. And on April 4th, President Biden called for “ the prosecution of Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes over the discovery in Bucha, Ukraine, of mass graves and bodies of bound civilians shot at close range.”
On this episode of Lawyer 2 Lawyer, host Craig Williams is joined by professor Jonathan Hafetz from Seton Hall Law, to discuss the Russia/Ukraine war, what constitutes a war crime, and the potential war crime charges against Putin and his associates.
Mentioned in This Episode:
Explainer: How could Russia’s Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine? By Jacqueline Thomsen and Mike Scarcella
Punishing Atrocities through a Fair Trial: International Criminal Law from Nuremberg to the Age of Global Terrorism by Jonathan Hafetz
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