The findings by the United Nations experts are the latest allegations of war crimes against Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.

The findings by the United Nations experts are the latest allegations of war crimes against Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.

Russian troops have raped and tortured children in Ukraine, carried out a “large number” of executions and committed other war crimes, according to a United Nations investigation by legal experts.

Set up by the U.N. to probe the conduct of the war, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry reported its chilling findings Friday in Geneva, describing a long list of abuses and atrocities in four regions.

“Based on the evidence gathered by the commission, it has concluded that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine,” Erik Mose, the chairman of the three-member commission, told the U.N. Human Rights Council.

  • nutsack@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1124·
    10 months ago

    do you think any country in existence actually gives a shit about war crimes

    • adONis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      66·
      10 months ago

      As long as it ain’t Israel they for sure give a shit. Everyone is commiting war crimes, but only Israel is “just” defending themselves

    • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Generally yes. It’s the ability to prosecute the war crimes that people don’t have much faith in. Putin will more than likely never step foot into The Hague. He’ll nuke the planet before he gets hanged for war crimes.

    • Dra@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      I’m surprised you genuinely believe this. Western sensibilities absolutely value this centrally.

      • Land_Strider@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        10 months ago

        Yeah yeah, sure. When it comes to the side they have monetary or material interests with.

        Not even going to argue over this when their hypocrisy on response to human suffering has been completely 180° different between Ukraine and Gaza. They have been quick enough to send all aid to Ukraine and sanction Russia as much as they can because that conflict is the floodlands preventing west’s personal losses, while they were quick on ceasing any established (albeit blocked) aid to Gaza because their regional lackey Israel has claimed there were a dozen UNRWA aid workers that had dealings with Hamas, which is not even supported with any form of evidence so far.

        • bartolomeo@suppo.fiEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          When it comes to the side they have monetary or material interests with.

          It’s really all about this. Should Russia start gaining influence in eastern Europe it would be an impediment to U.S. hegemony, which is what we are really defending. The whole “human rights and rules-based order” thing is just to get people into the fold who are otherwise uninterested in global dominance (not that they are against it, just that they are not interested. Many of them are what MLK termed “the white moderate”).

          What’s really remarkable is that the UN can actually go to Ukraine and investigate without being attacked by Russia, whereas Israel fires on the UN, Doctors Without Borders, kills reporters, their own hostages… literally everyone.