moving on, you get the hague declaration. ter world war ii, you get the geneva conventions, which are the modern basis for the laws governing armed conflict. host: the geneva convention after world war ii, those were meant to apply to any future conflicts. this seems in every conflict since that claims of violations of the geneva convention have come even from nations that signed that invention. guest: one of the notable features of the geneva conventions is they have been universally ratified. russia is a member. ukraine is a member. there are additional agreements after the geneva conventions that not all countries have signed. the basic agreements have been signed by all countries. in almost every conflict, there are allegations of violations. it is clear that whenever there is fighting, there are going to be allegations of violations. i think that is because violence and warfare are so hard to control. part of the -- what is being attempted here is to control and put limits on violence. that is hard to do. i don't think we

anna holligan at the hague, thank you. _ kremlin first. anna holligan at the hague, thank you. lligan at the hague, thank you. the home - kremlin first. anna holligan at the hague, thank you. the home of i kremlin first. anna holligan at the | hague, thank you. the home of the international criminal court. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has told the un conference on disarmament in geneva that it's time for us nuclear weapons in europe to go home. in a pre—recorded message, he also appeared to offer a newjustification for russia's invasion of ukraine — saying it's to prevent kyiv from acquiring its own nuclear weapons. many ambassadors, including from the uk, germany, australia, canada, america, and the eu, walked out when mr lavrov began to speak. our correspondentjenny hill is in moscow, and jenny, the kremlin is denying it's targeting civillians. the allegation is russia is using banned weapons and targeting civilian areas. what is the kremlin response? the kremlin denies it all. despite what we have seen this morning. a kremlin spokesman said russia is not targetin

what would it take for president putin to end up in the hague? the commission of crimes, and then you would come up with major obstacles which are lack of cooperation, difficulty to arrest, immunity, also. so will it ever happen? i don't think it will happen in the near future, but it doesn't mean there can't be justice. the icc has sent an advance team to collect evidence, clues that could help to establish the chain of command and identify the person at the top responsible for this. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. within ukraine itself, an estimated 200,000 children in orphanages and foster homes are needing support. this comes as thousands are unaccounted for and there are fears many have fallen prey to people traffickers. aerial recovery, a charity comprised of former us military veterans are assisting vulnerable people fleeing the crisis, and working with the ukrainian authorities to establish a system that will help protect and evauate some of the vulnerable children. earlier, rebecca jones spoke tojeremy lock, who is the chief of op

anna holligan is the bbc�*s long—serving correspondent at the hague. imes, crimes against humanity and genocide, it is a court of last resort, designed to hold the most powerful leaders to account when their own countries are unwilling or unable to do so. so, a war crime, essentially, the most important thing is, civilians are off—limits, you cannot target civilians, you cannot target any of their infrastructure. hospitals, apartment blocks, for example. and you can't use indiscriminate weapons — so things like cluster bombs or vacuum bombs. they�* re banned, too. and so are things like chemical weapons, and that's, of course, the fear now. a record number of countries referred the invasion in ukraine to the icc. so, 41 countries, including the uk — never happened in this court's history. and what that meant, already, they've managed to send an advanced team down onto the ground to start gathering evidence. they have to establish a chain of command, they have to gather clues. things like forensic evidence, photos, videos, to try to work out who at the t

anna holligan is the bbc�*s long—serving correspondent at the hague. nocide. it is a court of last resort, designed to hold the most powerful leaders to account when their own countries are unwilling or unable to do so. so, a war crime, essentially, the most important thing is, civilians are off—limits. you cannot target civilians, you cannot target any of their infrastructure. hospitals, apartment blocks, for example, and you can't use indiscriminate weapons, so, things like cluster bombs or vacuum bombs, they're banned, too. and so are things like chemical weapons, and that's, of course, the fear now. a record number of countries referred the invasion in ukraine to the icc, so, 41 countries, including the uk — never happened in this court's history. and what that meant, already, they've managed to send an advance team down onto the ground to start gathering evidence. they have to establish a chain of command. they have to gather clues — things like forensic evidence, photos, videos — to try to work out who at the top is giving the orders to commit any

what would it be a way to get him to face justice in the hague? ivana? >> the lot of those videos that have been captured by ukrainians , also those killings happening on our land during these 8 days of war, they are already recorded. war crimes and crimes against humanity that will be filed for the international criminal court against putin and all of his accomplices who are carrying out these attacks on ukraine. if we can have any of the international organizations joining us in reporting this [no audio] for the part, we would be grateful. i am aware and and included in one of the conversations -- there are hundreds of groups that are ongoing right now, trying to support different issues. that group is specifically involving already serious players, not only ukrainian lawyers, but also foreign lawyers who are helping us to document all the things that will have two be brought to the court. also, an appeal to punish putin, signing the petition for putin to be prosecuted. you might want to share that as well. i think the more people who get involved in th

anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. an 20 credible parties interested. and the club have told supporters they're "pressing the government every day" to find a solution to make tickets available. the current sanctions mean they can't sell any but are arguing sporting integrity will be at risk if fans cant attend. latest from ukraine. we told you about that news editor who interrupted russian state—controlled news programme. the kremlin has now said that the actions of that woman who interrupted what was a live news bulletin on russia's state television channel one said that her actions amounted to hooliganism. as far as they are concerned this is hooliganism, according to the kremlin, before going on to praise channel one for what it calls its quality, objective and timely programming on channel one. and another piece of news, i would just like to tell you, some news just in, that the british iranian aid worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has been given her british passport back. this news just in to us at the bbc. but, we

and what role could the other important court that's also headquartered in the hague? the i c. c, the international criminal court. what, what role could they potentially play? because they are currently looking into the russian invasion. what do you expect to come out of that if anything, i mean, i think the international criminal court, as you said, has a potentially very big role. they have opened an investigation and they have jurisdiction to investigate any crimes that happen in ukraine that fall under its jurisdiction, dating back to 2014. so it is quite possible that the i, c, c. m, can bring prosecutions. and the, you know, that the big question is going to be, how are they going to get a either cooperation from russia or failing that if they do indict russian nationals for violations in ukraine? will other states cooperate to make sure that those nationals appear in the dock to answer any charges? what it is right that the i c. c has the potential to play a significant role in the future in prosecuting war crimes. ashley really is the human rights lawyer who worked at

moving on, you get the hague declaration. world war ii, you get the geneva conventions, which are the modern basis for the laws governing armed conflict. host: the geneva convention after world war ii, those were meant to apply to any future conflicts. this seems in every conflict since that claims of violations of the geneva convention have come even from nations that signed that invention. guest: one of the notable features of the geneva conventions is they have been universally ratified. russia is a member. ukraine is a member. there are additional agreements after the geneva conventions that not all countries have signed. the basic agreements have been signed by all countries. in almost every conflict, there are allegations of violations. it is clear that whenever there is fighting, there are going to be allegations of violations. i think that is because violence and warfare are so hard to control. part of the -- what is being attempted here is to control and put limits on violence. that is hard to do. i don't think we sho

hague never thought he'd be in the hague.thought. 23rr78s they ultimately did face justice. it seem unlikely and it's poimert tonight start the investigation and to do it now. >> and be thorough for sure. thank you so much for talking with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. are >>> well, soaring covid numbers have prompted officials to effectively shut down china. and it's a moment most every hank has seen or heard loult. first rock is making his first public comments. quantum. its activelift technology provides an unbeatable clean on 24 hour dried-on stains. skip the rinse with finish to save our water. >>> welcome back, everyone. in china, shanghai is directing all residents to stay home, effectively putting the city of 25 million people under lockdown. this as the city tries to contain the worst covid-19 outbreak china has seen in two years. shanghai is reported more than 30,000 new infections since the start of march. more than 5,000 cases on wednesday alone. cnn's steven jang joins me now with more. what i

1st case of cultural destruction to be tried as a war crime at the international criminal court in the hague. dockman that's if teachers could, after cuba, they managed to convict the person responsible the leader of the islamist militants and sentenced him to 9 years in prison and a very high, 5 off i didn't go from. so there is a precedent where this instrument of international law has been successfully implemented. and one can only hope that it will offer protection for other sites. oh is good. in many parts of ukraine, efforts of protection are already too late for the victims of this war. as well as for world heritage sites. $3000.00 churches, historic towns and buildings that have helped shape a nation's identity. ah. in early march a russian air strike targeted cubes, main television tower. ready it's adjacent to the holocaust memorial side of bobbin, yar by 1943 more than 100000 people had been murdered here most of them jews. the crystal wall of crying is an installation by marina abramivitch. it integrates crystals as a symbol of healing. the new york based artist has to cried russ

and secondly, until these individuals are actually surrendered to the hague. s until these individuals were surrendered to the hague for prosecution, and in that case, it took a couple of years. >> i was going to say, the hardest part, right, is to hear about how long that would take, even if justice could eventually come, the lives destroyed in that period of time. i mean, really, it's immeasurable the numbers. i want to ask you about this. russia did not send a delegation to the u.n.'s international court of justice in the netherlands. this was over claims of genocide. claims in ukraine today. russia doesn't send anybody. ukraine's, of course, accusing russia of acts of genocide, planning acts of genocide. russia claims the ukrainian forces commit genocide in the separatist regions, but the fact that russia didn't send anyone, what do you make of that? >> well, i believe, i may be incorrect about this, but i believe that they have the opportunity tomorrow to make a presentation before the international court of justice and of course, then they would have to h

but russia has not sent a delegation to attend the, to day hearing in the hague. and then once you, once you, when body to order and enter the invasion rulings issued by the court are binding. but there are no means to enforce its decision here remotely. ashlyn or reedy is a human rights lawyer who worked at the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia. she is now a senior legal advisor at human rights wash. thank you so much for taking the time to take our questions. this is, i understand a very complicated legal case. so just let me start if, if you want with a very simple question, can an international court stop an ongoing military invasion? that is a simple question. i guess the most straightforward answer is, is no, no, it is not clear that the cases you, when it either is that, that ukraine has brought, is that russia is misusing a claim of genocide to justify the innovation that started on february 24th. i'm on, it's us to the i c, j, can it a, to order russia to stop at the manage operations. and it is not clear that the i, c j has that ju

the hague is waiting for you, so, uh. and you know what happened in gaga, meanwhile. f milosevic is there to discuss. uh, as a pearson, how to water, like a person, in general, it’s not my business at all. it’s just that i have my own opinion, but now is not the time to express it, not a horse, which means condemned, who died not condemned, which died, who was tried, who died there, and you know there is one here. eh, sensation, or what? let's hear something about it. the sensational news that its ex-president was acquitted in the international court for the former yugoslavia is free. milosevic, pulled out into the light of god and recently published the famous italian journalist juliet chiesa, the western media kept silent about this, but in reality the leaders of western countries should now be judged for this, he wrote in his blog, as always, furiously and passionately , it turned out to be justified in fact, but not legally and it happened on march 24, 2016, when the verdict was announced in the hague to the leader of the bosnian serbs, rodovan karadzic, who did no

does this intimate the hague -- does this end up in the hague?does that mean, what i just said? damian: this is not about the hague. this is about the new york convention. companies like severstal are being grouped up with the sovereign, and that harkens back to venezuela in 2019. relay, what is being tested here is just how much we can create a linkage between severstal and the russian sovereign. right now, all bank are operating as if severstal is the russian sovereign. banks or not, we need you take every measure we can to protect our creditors' interest, and that means appealing to the u.s. treasury for approval, and i guess that is where we are now. jonathan: is this just paperwork? is this about going to the u.s. office of foreign assets control and saying permission to send? is it that simple, severstal goes to them, they have missed something here? or do you start to get a little more skeptical about what is happening here and suggest that someone once a default here? damian: where you are headed there is the deep, dark place. can the u.s

, with the criminal court in the hague, and it is going to be easy to prove. >> all right. lieutenant colonel vinman, william taylor, two men we remember from the first impeachment of trump. back to lend their expertise on this situation in ukraine. thanks for your time. >>> coming up, putin's threat. he says economic sanctions are akin to an act of war, so how does the world respond without provoking him even more? ben isn't worried about retirement his personalized plan is backed by the team at fidelity. his ira is professionally managed, d he gets one-on-one coaching when he needs it. so ben is eling pretty zen. that's the planning effect from fidelity it's still the eat fresh refresh™ so subway's upping their avocado game. (refresh!) we're talking just two great ingredients. perfectly ripe, hand-scooped hass avocados and a touch of sea salt. two great ingredients to make one very hungry announcer. subway keeps refreshing and refreshing and re- you're a one-man stitchwork master. but your staffing plan needs to go up a size. you need to hire. i need indeed

do you think we could see an indictment in the hague against russian president vladimir putin or the officers who are in fact committing crimes on his orders? so normally you begin with those who are on the ground and then follow the chain of command upward. and yes i do. if we look, for example, at these latest reports of the probable use of cluster bombs in harkey, if or if we look at an cluster, bon confirmed on february 25th in against a kindergarten and nurse 3 in the town of kirk tica in sumi o blast then and that's been confirmed by amnesty, then these are absolutely violations that could be pursued by the international criminal court. but there are others as well. for example, russian forces have boasted of eliminating combatants in some of the places they've fought, including at the airport outside of kia. if you don't simply eliminate combatants. you are required by the laws of war by the hate conventions, to take them prisoner and give them certain kinds of treatment. so there is real reason to believe that war crimes are being committed here. at the same time, ukraine has

and these light fixtures from the international court of justice and the hague, which has begun hearing a case brought by ukraine, is alive pictures, as i said, from the hague, key of wants the court to order russia to stop its military invasion. oscar did not send a delegation to the 2 day proceedings. try to say that hopes progress can be made between ukraine and russia during the next round of negotiations. it's promised humanitarian aid to key if the country's foreign minister says banking is also prepared to facilitate mediation if needed. and the warren ukraine has pushed the price of us brent crude oil to its highest level since 2008, jumping to almost $140.00 per barrel. the rise comes as the us and its allies consider an embargo on moscow. russia is the world's 3rd biggest exporter. when you see here on algae thereafter, women make science robo gal of i talked to al jazeera rios, do you believe that the threat of an invasion of ukraine is currently the biggest threat international peace and security? we listen, we are focusing so much on the humanitarian crisis that we forget t

it seems unlikely that some of the very closest people putin are unlikely to actually show up in the haguesince the start of the war. how would a move like that from bay ving violate international law? >> putin has made it clear that we like to have china provide all kinds of support to russia in the midst of this conflict, including various kinds of military assistance and arms. and that, unfortunately for putin and for xi, would be a violation of international law. we know western countries are supporting ukraine through providing weapons. they can do so because the war the ukraine is fighting is a war of self-defense. it's perfectly legal for ukraine to defend itself. so its allies can provide arms to allow it to wage that defense. the same thing is not true of russia. russia is waging an illegal war. it's waging a war of aggression, committing a crime of aggression in the process, and we're seeing war crimes taking place in the course of this war. so if china were to sell arms or provide arms or provide military assistance to russia in the course of this conflict, it would have a real,

do you really think he's going to end up at the international criminal court in the hague? b, the deputy prime minister, is talking to the prosecutor there, karim khan, about the possibility of putin being indicted. would he actually end up there? well, we'll have to see what happens there. what i do believe is correct is that what the sanctions have done to alienate putin himself from his own people, they realise there's no return to the international stage for russia from a trade perspective, security perspective and so forth, unless they ditch putin. now, the security mechanics that he has around him, the apparatus around him means it's going to be very difficult to get rid of him. but we've seen it in the past. the kremlin, the elite, the generals themselves will recognise there is no future for russia, and that's why i'm saying he will eventually go. but until then, he will cause absolute carnage in ukraine and beyond, unless we stand up to him. so that's the idea of the sanctions, impose these sanctions and also reduce consumption of russian energy. the eu wants to do

in russia indefinitely because if they ever left, they would potentially be arrested and sent to the hagues unlikely that some of the very closest people to putin are unlikely to actually show up in the hague. >> professor hathaway, the united states says russia has asked china for wents since the start of the war. how would a move like that from beijing violate international law? >> yeah, so putin has made it clear that he would like to have china provide all kinds of support to russia in the midst of this conflict. including various kinds of military assistance and arms. and that unfortunately for putin and for xi, would be a violation of international law. so although, of course, we all know the united states and western countries are supporting ukraine through providing weapons, they can do so because the war that ukraine is fighting is a war of self-defense. it's perfectly legal for ukraine to defend itself, and so its allies can provide arms to allow it to wage that defense. the same thing is not true of russia. russia is waging an illegal war. it's waging a war of aggression. it's c

to easter regions of ukraine . russia has not sent a delegation to attend the, to day hearing in the hague, in the netherlands, and keep once the un body to work or an end to the invasion rulings issued by the courts are binding. but there are no means to enforce its decisions. a provisional result is expected within days and western ukraine has remained relatively safe so far with the heaviest fighting concentrated in other parts of the country. the ukraine's defense forces are preparing for a possible russian attack. locals are worried about what might happen if the war reaches their doorsteps. teed up these alexandra phenomena reports. ah, a chick point on the outskirts of loose skin, northwestern ukraine. sasha, by rhoda, is one of the local fighters who have joined ukraine's defense forces. he tells me that morale among the troops remains high. despite the dire situation in the country, little speed remembered about the moment. it is calm here. to lamar, we are preparing the defense of looks and the region with everything we have horrible, remote at the same time. we're helping those

they had to be surrendered to the hague. before the full package of sanctions could be lifted against serbia. i argue this is a much larger conflict. much more serious in terms of the damage and casualties facing us. at least in the future. and it's absolutely imperative that frankly the russian people and the russian leer leadership understand that it would be implausible for the west to lift the significant portion of those sanctions until these individuals responsible for the crimes are surrendered under kooimt of course. they have to be indictment. surrender to the hague to stand trial. the pressure will be enormous. from civil society, various governments. from just the people. the ukrainians. that those sanctions not be lifted. until of course ukraine is restored with its sovereignty and territorial integrity. that's first and foremost. also that they would not be lifted at least in the large part until the individuals are surrendered. >> it is an important discussion to be having. and your expertise in this invaluable.

immediately stops its attack and withdraws all troops from ukraine, even if national criminal court in the hague will launch an investigation of the situation in ukraine following russia's invasion. the prosecutor current con, says, there is a reasonable basis to believe, allege war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in the attack. neither of the 2 countries are members of the i, c. c. but ukraine has accepted its jurisdiction in the past. russia for its bod does not recognize the court's authority. its whole.

the international criminal court in the hague is watching an investigation into the ukraine crisis following russia's invasion. the chief prosecutor says there is reasonable basis to believe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in the attack. neither of the 2 countries are members of the i, c. c, but ukraine has accepted its jurisdiction in the past. russia for its part, does not recognize the court's authority at all. and before we let you go, here's a recap of the latest developments in the russian invasion of ukraine, ukraine's his 5 people were killed when russia's russian air strikes. targeted, keeps main tv tower. the attack knocked out some tv channels. it left the structure intact. a holocaust memorial site nearby was also hit. meanwhile, satellite images appear does show a 60 kilometer convoy of russian military vehicles heading for keep. the convoy includes hundreds of armored vehicles, tanks and artillery, and elsewhere in you greg the eastern city of car keys has been attacked from the air for a 2nd day. russian rockets struck a local government buil

international criminal court in the hague will launch an investigation on the situation in ukraine following russia's invasion. the chief prosecutor carrion cons, says there is reasonable basis to believe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in the attack. neither russia nor ukraine, or members of the i c. c, but ukraine has accepted its jurisdiction in the past. russia for its part, does not recognize the court's authority at all. meanwhile, embassy international and human rights watch have accused russia of using cluster munition and vacuum bombs on civilians. the weapons are bound under the geneva convention, but moscow was not part of the international treaty. the united nation says more than 500000 people have fled ukraine since the invasion began. and the agency says that number could rise to 4000000 in the coming weeks. the majority of refugees have so far headed to poland shelters have been set up along the border with ukraine. this report comes from premier, shall where ordinary polish people are giving the arriving refugees a warm welcome. another trai

the international criminal court in the hague will launch an investigation on the situation in ukraine following rushes invasion. the chief prosecutor said there was a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed. russia does not recognize the court's authority, so the turkish president red chip tie burger one says he'll restrict to russian war ships from key waterways to the black sea. and 1936 treaty gives turkey the right to stop military vessels from passing through the data nails and boss for a straight. during war time, several russian ships have recently passed through the straight into the black sea which also borders ukraine. western sanctions triggered by the invasion of ukraine have sent the rubel plummeting the currency fill 30 percent in value after moves to cut off rushes, access to foreign exchange rations, then scrambled to withdraw money from cash machines. russia central bank double did key interest rate to prop up the currency. the united states is expelling 12 russian un diplomats accusing them of being spi

it's a national criminal court in the hague will launch an investigation of the situation in ukraine following russia's invasion to prosecutor current can says, there is a reasonable basis to believe, allege war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in the attack. neither of the 2 countries are members of the i, c. c, but ukraine has accepted its jurisdiction in the past. russia for its part, does not recognize the court's authority. it's all me, while amnesty international and human rights watch have accused russia of using cluster ammunition and vacuum bulbs on civilians, weapons a band under the geneva convention. but moscow is not part of that international treaty. for more on that, imo joint bible in the crated obvious chief political correspondent, permanent. welcome back to the, to the studio that you have covered. the bolcom was in the ninety's and the and suing of war crimes trials there. this think was going to be seeing indictments against flood me put in. i think we're quite likely will, and not only against him, but perhaps even 1st against those command

-- in the hague? >> i think a lot of the videos that have been already captured by ukrainians, the killings that happen on our land during these eight days of war, they are already a recorded war crimes and crimes against humanity that will be filed for argumentation in the international criminal court. against putin and all of his accomplices who are carrying out this attack on ukraine. so, if we can have any of the international organizations joining us in recording this, actually, we would be grateful for that. also, i am aware i am in one of the groups on her conversations. i think there are hundreds of groups evolving now. we are trying to coordinate efforts on different issues. that group is specifically involving already serious lawyers. ukrainian lawyers. also foreign liars helping -- lawyers helping this document all of the things that have to be brought to the court. also people have organized all around the globe basically an appeal to punish putin signing up for the petition for putin to be

on his mind. defending the homeland from the russian invasion the international criminal court in the hague says it is launching an investigation on the situation in ukraine following brushes, attack. the chief prosecutor says there is reason to believe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed. neither of the 2 countries are members of the i, c, c, but ukraine has accepted the court's jurisdiction in the past. russia for its path, does not recognize the courts or 30 and with that, you're up to date. a coverage of the russian invasion of the crank continues in the next hour here on the live channel. the website, of course, is a great place for updates at any time of the day. you can find that at d. w, news, social channels. likewise, the handle you need for twitter and instagram is at the w news as well. you tube is they as well. for now, i'm anthony. how'd in berlin from may and the team here. thanks for watching and stay with not just another day. so much is happening all at once. we take time to understand this is the day and in depth look at current news, events

the in burden of the international criminal court in the hague says it is launching an investigation into the situation in ukraine following russia's attack . the chief prosecutor says there is reason to believe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed. neither of the 2 countries are members of the i, c. c, but ukraine has accepted the court's jurisdiction in the past. russia for its part, does not recognize the court. so authority at all you're watching de w news is a recap of the main ukraine headlines for you. russian forces have stepped up their attacks on the grounds. main cities. several people were killed in a strike on the 90 the tower in the capitol heath and rocket attacks hit the central square of the 2nd biggest city hockey game bought. the country's president is calling a campaign of terror and the 21st president blood of miss lensky has appealed to european lawmakers to support his country's bid for immediate european union membership interest in parliament. 5 video the several p. u member states of voice, their support for ukraine's application

slobodan milosevic who engaged in horrendous war crimes and was held responsible for those crimes in the haguemittedly, a significant military involvement by nato and kosovo. plus, large numbers of demonstrators that ultimately led to the ouster of milosevic. that seems to me is the strategy we need to focus on to incross the pain on russia so that the people of russia that we are seeing on the screen are demonstrating, are coming out in a way that alexei navalny, the main opposition leader in russia, who is now in a penal colony, has called for people to take to the streets, to let them know what russia is doing is unacceptable, and not what the russians themselves want to do. they want to see an end to this. they don't want to fight this war. they want to live in a civilized war. and what is happening, because of somewhat vladamir putin decided, is as uncivilized as you can possibly think. >> all right. ambassador, professor, thank you so much for joining us this evening. appreciate your insight. >>> the incredible story of aid workers bring much-needed he will top the people of ukraine. sta

judgment and call a war crime with the commands of having to prove that, should it come to that at the hague at some point. evidentiary requirements and determinations of intent, what was an accident, what was on purpose. we can pretty much see what's going on and make our own judgments about what the russians are doing, but they're trying to draw that distinction and in terms of the rest of the phone call with president erdogan, he's in a unique position. he's a nato member, has not subjected russia to sanctions, turkey has not individually, and president erdogan has something of a potential inner locketer. he's a potential mediator and got these potential signals of a glimmer of daylight for negotiations, as you indicated, it hasn't been realized at all in the talks between ukraine and russia, but there have been some suggestions that, for example, president zelenskyy said he is cool to the idea of ukraine joining nato. that is something that potentially creates some space for discussions of neutrality for ukraine, that might allow president putin to climb down. we're a long way from that

has done thanks to the sanctions the world has imposed, putin i now think will be in the dock in the hague then, he is going to cause so much harm in the ukraine, and the question is will they allow him to get away with it? do will they allow him to get away with it? i. ., , ~ with it? do you really think ou will with it? do you really think you will end _ with it? do you really think you will end up _ with it? do you really think you will end up in - with it? do you really think you will end up in the i you will end up in the international criminal court in the hague? we know thejustice secretary dominic raab is talking to the prosecutor there about the possibility of putin being indicted. what he actually end up there? well, we would have _ actually end up there? well, we would have to _ actually end up there? well, we would have to see _ actually end up there? well, we would have to see what - actually end up there? well, we| would have to see what happens there. what i do believe is correct is that what the sanctions have done to alienate putin himself from his own people, they realise

the international criminal court, the hague, will start the investigation. but i would support the idea to establish a special international tribunal like the nuremberg tribunal, about the russia aggression against ukraine. this is new after the second world war. it should end with the second nuremberg tribunal with all the evidence would be collected and then the judgment. so there is already an initiative in this respect led by former united kingdom prime minister brown. other personalities, lawyers, politicians. and i think they should go forward in this direction. also, to establish special international tribunal on russia's war against ukraine. missy: i'd like to ask you about the refugee situation. we've seen this just staggering flow of refugees in recent weeks leaving ukraine. it amounts to almost one in four ukrainians who sought safety in other countries. can you tell us a little bit about the refugee situation in latvia? specifically, how many people are there? and is latvia getting assistance to absorb and house and accommodate and feed all of th

of dealing with miloevi he should be removed from power to stand trial before the world court in the hague. >> we have made clear that we would not go for any kind of immunity. >> now, that was the first time in history that a head of state had been indicted for war crimes. and u.s. secretary of state, madeleine albright, said that milosevic would face justice. no immunity deals. she would go on to institute a policy of withholding u.s. aid to yugoslavia, unless they handed over milosevic for prosecution, a strategy which ultimately worked. slow down slobodan milosevic was extradited hagan 2001. when he died in 2006, his trial for genocide was ongoing. madeleine albright, america's first female secretary of state, was herself a child of european strife, born in czechoslovakia in 1937. her family fled the country twice. first from the nazis and then from the soviets. just a couple of days after we milosevic was indicted, albright delivered a commencement address at georgetown university and said this. >> the great lesson of this century is that when aggression and brutality go unopposed, li

a war crimes investigation is now open at the international criminal court in the hague. >>> meanwhile, the u.n. general assembly today adopted a nonbinding resolution condemning russia and demanding withdrawal, and the biden ministration announced more sentience against both russia and belarus. a fresh round of talks between russia and ukraine is set for tomorrow. >>> fed chair jerome powell told congress he is ready to start raising interest rates later this month. tamping down the highest inflation we have seen in four decades. >> what we are facing now is an elevated level of demand in the face of supply-side constraints. it is the collision of those two things that has created inflation. >> reporter: the increase powell is proposing is less than half of what some vectors investors were expecting. >>> stocks rally today despite a jump in oil prices continued exhibiting two more inflation fears. the dow clawed back nearly 600 points. >> the white house unveiling new covid-19 recovery plan tonight. this takes into account widespread availability of vaccines, tests, and covid-19 treat

so the court says there is a competency to, to have this trial in the hague. and what will happen now is that today ukraine will lay out its case. they will argue that russia is indiscriminately targeting civilians in whole regions, or that they are offensively sort of trying to eradicate the population of ukraine. and on the other side, tomorrow we will hear russia that will say yes, we accused of ukraine of having committed genocide in the eastern areas in donetta . but of course they have absolutely no approve for that. and ukraine, on the other hand today will say we ask the court to refute fuse though, to refute those obligations because there is no proof that we never did that. so this is the legal play that the 2 sides are engaging in. and the russian side is sort of weakened because one of its main lawyers, french legal expert lay down and he's laid down his representation and said, i can no longer stand up here for a country that cynically does not acknowledge the international legal basis that we live on here and that sort of despises law and then so