Two years ago, the U.S. government treated the International Criminal Court like an enemy of the state. Now, the ICC may be the only way to ensure justice for Russia’s war crimes.
On Feb. 28, the court’s prosecutor announced he would open an investigation into Russian war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine. The announcement came amid reports of Russia’s use of cluster munitions on Ukrainian preschools and subsequent artillery strikes on maternity wards, which if confirmed constitute war crimes in violation of the Geneva Conventions.
The prosecutor’s announcement quickly garnered international support, with 41 nations formally referring the Ukrainian situation to the court, thereby expediting the prosecutor’s investigation.
