Human rights lawyers working with Ukraine’s public prosecutor are preparing a war crimes dossier to submit to the international criminal court (ICC) accusing Russia of deliberately causing starvation during the 18-month-long conflict.
Food supplies were cut to the city and humanitarian relief corridors blocked or bombed, making it very difficult or impossible for desperate, starving civilians to escape.
The remaining residents were forced to rely on water being driven in daily to ensure they could drink and wash safely.
GRC is working with Ukrainian prosecutors until the end of next year to compile the dossier.
The intention is to make a filing under article 15 of the Rome statute, allowing third parties to send information on alleged war crimes to the ICC’s prosecutor.
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Similar could be argued for starvation crimes, Khan said. »
