Thanks to NBC News Now for the chance to give a pretty lengthy explainer on what war crimes are and how to prosecute them. While the focus was on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we also had the chance to touch on the ICC’s as-yet unexecuted arrest warrant for the Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir.
Archives for March 2022
How could Russia’s Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?
March 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The surge of attention to accountability for war crimes in Ukraine is leading journalists to work on translating the legalese of international criminal law for a mainstream audience. I spoke to Reuters for this explainer of the nuts and bolts of a war crimes prosecution.
‘They Keep Killing Us’: Violence Rages in Sudan’s Darfur Two Decades On
March 22, 2022 by Leave a Comment
I spoke with Abdi Latif Dahir, who deserves credit for getting this major story on Darfur reported out as media attention focuses squarely on Ukraine. As I told him: “The world has forgotten about Darfur once again.”
Prosecuting Putin for Going to War
March 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Co-authored with Ryan Goodman — Russian President Vladimir Putin bears responsibility for many international crimes committed by his forces in Ukraine. But one of these crimes preceded all the others: the crime of aggression. Aggression is the resort to war in violation of the United Nations Charter. And it is a crime that can be […]
Prosecutor v. President Vladmir Putin
March 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Co-authored with Prof. Ryan Goodman. What follows is a model of a criminal indictment against President Vladimir Putin for the crime of initiating and executing a war of aggression against Ukraine. The indictment represents the type of document international war crimes prosecutors or national prosecutors could file before an international or national court. Continue reading […]
Bringing context to the Russia-Ukraine War
March 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Humanitarian corridors? Sanctions? No-fly zones? Military intervention? On March 10, two weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Pulitzer Center will offer an opportunity to better understand the war and its implications beyond the headlines. The webcast of my discussion with journalists Sarah Topol, Rachel Oswald & Dimiter Kenarov, who all have deep reporting experience […]
The Int’l Criminal Court’s Ukraine Investigation: A Test Case for User-Generated Evidence
March 14, 2022 by Leave a Comment
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim A.A. Khan QC, announced Monday that he is opening an investigation into the situation in Ukraine. This will present a test case for the ICC’s ability to absorb and analyze massive amounts of user-generated evidence – evidence recorded on a smartphone by an ordinary citizen – […]
