Episode 36: Dr. Anton Korynevych on the effort to create a Special Tribunal on Crimes of Aggression Against Ukraine.
Verdicts & VoicesShow Notes
Our guest is Dr. Anton Korynevych, Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the two-year mark – 10 years since the invasion of the Crimean Peninsula –we discuss why it isn’t currently possible to prosecute a war of aggression committed by Russia's leadership before the ICC, the need for Vladimir Putin and his inner circle to be held accountable, and issue surrounding the legitimacy of a newly created court for that purpose.
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