As horrific scenes were revealed in the wake of Russian troops pulling out of the town of Bucha in Ukraine, President Joe Biden on Monday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes.
being two of the most important — that establish international legal standards for warfare. Any violation of those standards is a war crime that can be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, and can result in imprisonment for perpetrators.
All of the information being gathered could be used as evidence in possible war crimes trials at the ICC or in separate tribunals. "A crime of aggression is waging an illegal war," Sands said."It's part of international law, it's part of the law of Ukraine, and it's pretty clearly established in the present case, because there's no justification."— barring an extremely unlikely referral from the United Nations Security Council, where Russia holds veto power — the ICC does not have jurisdiction over the crime of aggression, so a separate tribunal would be necessary for any indictment.
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