Summary Executions in Eastern Ukraine: Crime and Punishment

... willingness to cooperate. In case of Ukrainian conflict, this can be done by ratifying the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court, which territorial jurisdiction would definitely cover the violations in Eastern Ukraine as well. The ICC Statute includes war crimes of killing persons protected in armed conflict (such as detainees) [10] as well as crimes involving command responsibility for not punishing their subordinates [11] . Even without ICC, the Ukrainian judicial system may be quite well-equipped ...