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UN Chief Tours Damaged Areas Outside Kyiv: War is an Absurdity in 21st Century

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has toured areas outside the Ukrainian capital that suffered damage during the Russian advance there, calling war “an absurdity.” Speaking to journalists on Thursday at several points, Guterres urged Russia to cooperate with the International Criminal Court. That’s after the bodies of civilians were found…

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Hundreds of seafarers are still stranded in Ukraine waters – the legal rights of this profession are barely up to standard

While the world’s eyes have been on civilian casualties, forced displacement and potential war crimes on Ukrainian land, the plight of hundreds of seafarers trapped in commercial ships for the past several months has gone mostly unnoticed. They have been stranded in the main Ukrainian ports of Mariupol, Kherson and…

The Conversation

Russia compared to Isis after ‘demanding money from captured soldier’s family’ in ransom video

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is set to join an EU investigations team probing possible war crimes in Ukraine

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Vladimir Putin getting exact opposite of his aims in Ukraine, former NATO commander Philip Breedlove says — as it happened

The retired US general who led NATO in Europe from 2013 to 2016 says Vladimir Putin's aims in Ukraine are "weapons out, NATO back, and no America" — but the Russian President is getting exactly the opposite.

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Met’s war crimes unit receives evidence of 50 ‘horrendous’ atrocities by Putin’s troops in Ukraine

Detectives say the material points to potential war crimes including killings in Mariupol and Bucha

Evening Standard

Venezuela seeks to take over ICC investigation into killings

Venezuela has asked the International Criminal Court to defer to authorities in the Latin American nation its investigation into allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings committed by security forces under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule

The Independent UK

ICC prosecutor rejects Venezuela delay request, will seek investigation

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has rejected a request by Venezuela to delay an ICC probe into alleged human rights violations, according to documents released on Thursday, and he will seek to reopen a full investigation.

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The war crime that goes mostly unpunished

The dark red billboards in the Ukrainian city of Lviv present a powerful image: Russian President Vladimir Putin is on his knees, a woman stands above him and pushes a gun into his mouth. The caption reads: “I am not a beauty for you.”

Bangkok Post

Kyiv official says 900 civilian bodies found around capital after Russian withdrawal

More than 900 bodies of civilians were discovered around Kyiv after the withdrawal of Russian troops, a senior police official has said.

Evening Standard

Commentary: Lessons from the Soviets on how to hold Russia accountable for war crimes

Evidence of Russian violence against Ukrainian civilians — murders, kidnappings and rape — continues to emerge on a daily basis. Each liberated locality adds to a grisly realization that a genocide might be taking place in the Russian-occupied Ukraine. Ukraine’s State Prosecutor’s Office has already started investigating crimes committed by…

Los Angeles Times

Killing of Ukrainian civilians likely to be war crime, says Coveney

Mr Coveney was speaking during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Chief ICC prosecutor declares Ukraine a ‘crime scene’ after visiting Bucha to investigate Russia’s war

There are ’reasonable grounds’ to suggest Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine, says Karim Khan QC

The Independent UK

War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha

The Independent UK

Chief ICC prosecutor Karim Khan says Ukraine is ‘crime scene’ after visit to Bucha

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has branded Ukraine a “crime scene” as he visited the town of Bucha, where hundreds of civilians are believed to have been slaughtered by Russian forces.

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Axios

In photos: Ukraine after 50 days of Russian attacks

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has visited a mass grave in Bucha as part of his war crimes investigation.

Wales Online

Zelensky: Russia will seek peace or leave international arena forever - full speech in English

The president also spoke with Joe Biden on Wednesday

Reuters

Explainer-How to prove genocide, the most serious war crime?

Washington and Kyiv are accusing Russia of genocide in Ukraine, but the ultimate war crime has a strict legal definition and has rarely been proven in court since it was cemented in humanitarian law after the Holocaust.

The Independent UK

War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha

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How to catch a war criminal: Investigators are building a case against Putin in Ukraine's killing fields

It is a sleepy rural scene: a pale grey sky hangs low over a grassy slope, bordered by the bare branches of winter trees. But the scene hides horrors that war crimes investigators are already raking over.

Axios

Former Xinjiang prisoner arrives in U.S. as key witness to abuses

Ovalbek Turdakun will provide evidence for a case submitted to the International Criminal Court.

The Independent UK

‘Putin is done’: US lawyer who indicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor makes case against Russian president

‘I’ve never seen the world come together like this’, ex-UN prosecutor David Crane tells Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha

The Independent UK

War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha

The Guardian - UK

Witnessing atrocities in real time in Ukraine is changing everything

Daily on-the-ground evidence makes it more straightforward for the International Criminal Court to indict Vladimir Putin with war crimes

Reuters

Greece seeks war crimes probe in besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol

Greece will ask the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes in the Russian-besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, home to a large Greek community, its foreign minister said on Thursday.

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