The Russian President, Vladimir Putin was accused of committing war crimes by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskythe British Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and Dominic Raabrespectively, the latter being the one who expressed the fear that the president may resort to more dangerous tactics.
“What we have already seen from the Vladimir Putin regime, in the use of the ammunition that they have already been dropping on innocent civilians, in my opinion it already fully qualifies as a war crime“Johnson said in the House of Commons in London.
While Raab pointed to the British chain Sky News what “those who engage in war crimes will be held accountable. It must be made clear to Putin and to commanders in Moscow and on the ground in Ukraine that they will be held accountable for any violation of the laws of war.”
In this way, The International Court of Justice announced through a statement that it will hold hearings on March 7 and 8 to hear the lawsuit filed by Ukraine once morest Russia in which it accuses Moscow of having perpetrated acts of genocide.
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What is a war crime?
The term of war crimesdefined by international law and the Geneva Convention, refers to Serious breaches of International Humanitarian Law that are committed during an armed conflict, such as the one in Ukraine.
According to this definition, published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the following are considered war crimes:
- Murder or ill-treatment to prisoners of war, civilians or shipwrecked
- Deportation to compel forced labor to the civilian population in occupied territories
- genocides once morest the population
- Taking and execution of hostages
- Unjustified destruction or devastation of populations
- Theft of public or private property