An Architecture for Justice in Ukraine
The immediate priority is for the ICC to indict the person primarily responsible for the war: Vladimir Putin.
The immediate priority is for the ICC to indict the person primarily responsible for the war: Vladimir Putin.
Conflicting laws make pursuing such cases more difficult – while criminalising some former fighters may only serve Russian interests.
Processes will effectively legitimise the de facto occupation authorities while discrediting genuine efforts to see justice.
An independent judiciary is essential to guarantee democracy and demonstrate that, despite the war, the country is continuing to implement change.
World must learn lessons from previous processes to ensure accountability – or risk facilitating future conflicts.
Organisation allowed fog of war to obscure legal context of active conflict.
Families remain in the dark as no international organisations have been granted access to the prison in eastern Ukraine where at least 53 people were killed.
Tens of thousands in Crimea and eastern Ukraine have been recruited to fight on behalf of the occupying forces.
Realistic expectations will be needed to manage painfully slow and often disputed justice processes that are unlikely to contribute to reconciliation.
Concerted international action will be needed to hold senior figures to account.