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Mar 20 4 tweets 5 min read
With reports "several thousand Mariupol residents have been taken to Russian territory" according to City Council (h/t @jimsciutto)

1. Equals war crime and element for Crime Against Humanity. #InternationalCriminalCourt articles👇

2. Easy case for prosecutor since it's a policy
2. "Captured Mariupol residents were taken to camps where Russian forces checked their phones and documents, then redirected some of the residents to remote cities in Russia, the statement said."

@journalist_5 @IvanCNN @AnneClaireCNN @alaaelassar report

cnn.com/2022/03/19/eur…
@journalist_5 @IvanCNN @AnneClaireCNN @alaaelassar 3. Mariupol Mayor:

"What the occupiers are doing today is familiar to the older generation, who saw the horrific events of World War II ... It is hard to imagine that in the 21st century people can be forcibly taken to another country."

ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/343…
4. Mariupol City Council's press service released its statement on Telegram, which is being reported by CNN and elsewhere.

Thanks to @UPI @CalleyNHair for linking to the full statement.

Telegram link: t.me/mariupolrada/8…

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More from @rgoodlaw

Mar 19
Impressive list of signatories for former Prime Minister @GordonBrown's initiative to create Special Tribunal for Crime of #Aggression in #RussiaUkraineWar.

Many former heads of state and leading legal figures.

Some highlights in @Justice4Ukr's list includes ...

<thread>
2. Signatories for Tribunal include former Presidents and Prime Ministers of:

Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Mali, Mexico, Montenegro, Romania, South Korea, United Kingdom
3. Other leading figures

Ted Meron, former President of the Int’l Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia

Sir Nicolas Bratza, former President of European Court of Human Rights

Baroness Brenda Hale QC, former President of UK Supreme Court

and more
Read 6 tweets
Mar 17
In @postopinions, professor @bechamilton and I discuss our Model Indictment of Putin for the Crime of #Aggression.

We also tackle critics concerns about selective justice, how this intersects with diplomatic efforts to end #RussianUkrainianWar + more.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
2. "The crime of aggression entered the international lexicon thanks to Soviet lawyers who ensured that it was prosecuted in the aftermath of World War II."

(we cite Professor of History @FranHirsch's research)

justsecurity.org/80599/how-the-…
3. "Former British prime minister Gordon Brown and a long (and growing) list of other high-profile endorsers, called for a Special Tribunal for the Punishment of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine ..."

PM Brown's opinion piece.👇

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Read 5 tweets
Mar 1
<thread> Novel, ground-shifting and workable idea:

International Criminal Tribunal for Crime of Aggression Against #Ukraine

Former Assistant-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs writes that @UN General Assembly and @antonioguterres can establish it👇

justsecurity.org/80395/united-n…
2. The International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction for aggression in this situation. This tribunal would.

It thus supplements and complements ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC's vital work.
3. As an international court - the 'International Criminal Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine' - would be able to pierce the veil of head of state immunity.

Upshot: Vladimir Putin and top echelon officials could be prosecuted.

Int'l Court of Justice in 2002👇
Read 5 tweets
Feb 26
Important👇

Olivia Gazis is well sourced.

cc: @ChinaAmbUN @IndiaUNNewYork

Does #China and #India really want to cast their fate with Putin? Does the Russian military?
2. “Russia experts and former U.S. officials increasingly question Putin’s stability.”

via @wrightr

newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
3. @SSestanovich:

“Did he think forcing all of his advisers to stand up on television and say, in such obvious discomfort, that they agreed with him would make the decision for war look careful and deliberate?My Russian friends suggest something different—is this guy losing it?”
Read 6 tweets
Feb 25
Good to see this.

Council of Europe suspends Russia from its rights of representation.

link to decision: search.coe.int/cm/Pages/resul… Image
2. Good to see this.

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) in extraordinary meeting pulls Champions League final from Russia.

uefa.com/insideuefa/med… Image
3. Good to see this.

Formula One cancels Russian Grand Prix.

formula1.com/en/latest/arti… Image
Read 8 tweets
Jan 20
<thread> #January6thCommittee's letter to Ivanka Trump signals:

Committee has testimony (via General Kellogg) and docs that point to Trump's illegally pressuring Pence to overturn the election.

Key here: criminal obstruction of 1/6 proceedings for which many have been indicted.
2. The Committee's letter should be read in conjunction with statement made by DOJ attorney in court.

From @joshgerstein's excellent reporting in November.

politico.com/news/2021/11/2…
3/3. Here's the key part of the exchange between the federal judge and the Justice Department's James Pearce.👇

(with a h/t to @emptywheel who has long been emphasizing this line of analysis and this specific exchange)
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