What evidence is there for these claims? What are the established Russian violations of international law and the law of armed conflict?īefore addressing legal definitions, it must be said that the actions currently being reported by various media are simply unspeakable.Verifying these accusations implies entering the domain of criminal procedure. Following the bombing of civilians in Ukraine, both Joe Biden and Boris Johnson have accused Vladimir Putin of being "guilty of war crimes". As the International Criminal Court investigates different sites in Ukraine, what role can international law play? Julia Grignon, associate professor at the Faculty of Law at Laval University and research fellow in the law of armed conflict at the Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire (IRSEM) ,shares her analysis.
For him, the death of thousands of civilians are "war crimes for which the Russian President bears responsibility". Most recently, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the Russian invasion as a "flagrant breach of international law".
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the international community has raised alarm about the growing number of war crimes.
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