Published : 2023-02-16

Criminal Liability of an Individual From the Perspective of the Russian-Ukrainian Military Conflict

Katarzyna Czeszejko-Sochacka

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7978-1687

Abstract

Russia’s armed attack on Ukraine has sparked a discussion on the possibility of prosecuting on the possibility of prosecuting those responsible for international crimes committed in this war. The subject of the article is an analysis of the provisions of the Rome Statute of the ICC in terms of their possible prosecution. The presented considerations answer the question what actions could be attributed to the Russian soldiers taking part in the invasion of Ukraine. The possibility of prosecuting the president of the Russian Federation was also presented and it was pointed out that performing the function of the head of state does not exclude his individual liability. By the way, it was noticed that the actions of the Russian troops in Ukraine are very similar to the methods used by Serbian soldiers during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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International Criminal Court, Vladimir Putin, war in Ukraine, individual responsibility



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