Opinion by Oleksandra Matviichuk: Accountability for the war must be at the centerpiece of efforts to end it.
and injured his son, who was searching for medicine and food, just because they could.
For this reason, those who decline to provide Ukraine with weapons for its defense because this allegedly contributes toare not just wrong. They are immoral. The world largely ignored the suffering of people in the territories that were occupied by Russia in 2014. It is harder, it would seem, to ignore the struggle of people against a full-blown invasion.
If you don’t help Ukraine defend itself from Russia’s attack, this means that you are helping Russia to occupy Ukraine.In this war, Ukraine is fighting for freedom in all its senses: for the freedom to be an independent country, not a Russian colony; for the freedom to have its own identity; for the freedom to have a democratic choice and to live in a society where the government does not determine what you believe,. It’s about the possibility of our existence.
People who suffered Russian captivity told me that Russians who were beating, raping and electrocuting them were convinced of their impunity. The democratic world must act to prevent impunity and to ensure that those who are guilty will be brought to account.Modern technologies allow us to document war crimes in ways we couldn’t have dreamed of 15 years ago. Ordinary people have access to digital tools that help to determine locations or identify people in photos.
Unlike digital technologies, however, international law remains constrained by politics and prejudice. We still look at the world through the lens of the Nuremberg trials, where Nazi war criminals were convicted only after the Nazi regime collapsed.Post Opinions provides commentary on the war in Ukraine from columnists with expertise in foreign policy, voices on the ground in Ukraine and more.
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