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Nisha Shah, Associate Professor, International Relations, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Ukraine war shows grim conventions on 'right' and 'wrong' ways to kill — and what makes a war crime

Royal Canadian Air Force personnel load non-lethal and lethal aid at CFB Trenton, Ont., on March 7, 2022. The cargo was bound for Ukraine via Poland. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

With the war in Ukraine in its second month, casualties are mounting. The full toll of civilian death is not yet clear, but the catastrophic impact of the sustained siege of cities like Mariupol by Russian forces is not difficult to imagine.

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