Since the start of the war in Ukraine, evidence has emerged that Russia has been relocating and reeducating thousands of Ukrainian children – actions that constitute war crimes, and may give evidence to genocide. This week, host Elisa is joined by friend-of-the-cast Judge Jamie Baker to discuss the latest ICC war crime charges against Putin, and what this could mean for the conflict going forward.

Hon. James E. Baker is Director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law at Syracuse University:

https://law.syracuse.edu/deans-faculty/faculty/hon-james-e-baker/?_ga=2.54182113.83813634.1674149590-222628566.1661542169

References:

The Rome Statute and associated articles:

https://www.icc-cpi.int/sites/default/files/RS-Eng.pdf

Russia’s Systematic Program for the Re-Education and Adoption of Ukraine's Children. Conflict Observatory and Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab. Feb. 2023:

https://hub.conflictobservatory.org/portal/apps/sites/#/home/pages/children-camps-1

The Contemporary Law of Superior Responsibility:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-international-law/article/abs/contemporary-law-of-superior-responsibility/47A461016A4C1E83D495F4FA2680D150

NSLT Ep. 227, "The Laws of War Revisited with Judge James Baker":

https://soundcloud.com/nsltoday/revisited-james-baker?si=5fa2d26fe58a4d409bedeeea3b1746f3&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Register for our April 17th event, "FISA Section 702 Reauthorization – a discussion with the General Counsel of the National Security Agency":

https://web.cvent.com/event/db79776b-0655-452a-bb3a-2ccc5a374099/summary