the killing of civilians is one of the key criteria for detection. of genocide - believes william shabasion that convinces shabas that war crimes are taking place in ukraine, but not genocide. the larger the scale of the murders, the more reasonable is the conclusion that it is done with the aim of destroying the group. and i think that in practice, the worst months in terms of civilian casualties were the first months of the conflict, and then it went down. so, the evolution of the crisis did not... strengthen the argument that genocide is taking place. is it really so? opponents of william shabas do not agree with this conclusion. i'm not sure what violence became less. we know about the cases of izyum, buchi, bordianka, irpen, kherson, because these cities were liberated. i am deeply convinced that when the ukrainian army reaches such places as, for example, melitopol, we... we will see mass burials and evidence of mass killings, it's just that we don't have access to these cities now, no one but the russians do. with each deoccupation, as we have seen, new confirmations appear, we wi

in her text, he directly opposes william shabas.our opinion, what russia or the russian armed forces are doing in ukraine is genocide or not? yes, in my opinion, this is genocide. such an opinion is defended not only by ukrainian scientists and teachers eugene finkel of johns hopkins university, who specializes in mass violence, published a column in the washington post in april 2022 under the headline what's happening in ukraine - genocide, period. the first thing that convinced me that genocide was taking place was bucha and the killing of civilians in bucha. and since then, i believe, what we see in ukraine has only strengthened these conclusions. mass killings of civilians in kyiv. the region was discovered in the spring of 2022, after russian troops retreated from there. they took place in various cities and towns, but bucha became their main symbol. then the first serious statements about the genocide were made. once it was a quiet suburb of the ukrainian capital. today, the town of bucha is synonymous with death and desolatio

as an international lawyer, william shabas is convinced that, under such conditions , there will notnce for the court about the genocide in ukraine. and is it necessary? russians can be successfully prosecuted without this. as for me, too much energy is spent debating whether something is genocide or not, when there is no dispute that war crimes have been committed, that's pretty obvious, there's plenty of evidence of such crimes, and there won't be much debate. i think the same goes for crimes against humanity, so in that sense it's just, it's a distraction in a way. on the other hand, the term genocide has the right to life not only in the courtroom - emphasizes eugene finn. who is one of the first scientists.

as an international lawyer, william shabas is convinced that, under such conditions , there will notough evidence for the court about the genocide in ukraine. yes and whether do you need it russians can be successfully prosecuted without this. to me, too much energy is spent arguing about whether something is genocide or not, when there is no argument about... that war crimes were committed, that's pretty obvious, there's plenty of evidence of such crimes and there's not going to be much of a debate here . i think the same goes for crimes against humanity, so in that sense it's just, it's a distraction in a way. on the other hand, the term genocide has the right to life not only in the courtroom - emphasizes eugene finkel, who was one of the first scientists to accuse russia of committing genocide in ukraine. remember, genocide is a legal term, but it is also an analytical term. the level of evidence required to imprison someone for the crime of genocide varies from. to look at what is happening as a whole and say that it is genocide. i see no reason not to use the term for analytica

one of the world's most authoritative lawyers on the issue of genocide, william shabas, emphasizes thatt to genocide is even a crime. when not leads to the commission of genocide, but such incitement must be public and direct. if these are the statements of journalists, then it is clear that they ... meet the criterion of publicity, with directness is a little more unclear, and i think that it is a question of interpretation by judges based on the specific words, the context in which they were said. it cannot be ruled out that they will be accused of direct and public incitement to commit genocide, but this does not mean that the prosecution will be successful. to prove genocidal intent it is also important to understand whether propaganda about denazification was received. to the russian military, whether it influenced their actions, contact with propaganda is clearly important for the russian army, the official schedule of a serviceman approved by the ministry of defense of the russian federation involves watching television information programs every day from monday to saturday. it i