UN Human Rights Office Finds War Crime of Willful Killing of Civilians by the Russian Forces in Ukraine

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Friday, December 16, 2022
Author: 
Michael Plachta
Volume: 
38
Issue: 
12
Abstract: 

On December 7, 2022, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released its report on killings of civilians, encompassing both summary executions and attacks on individual civilians, committed in parts of Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions of Ukraine between February 24 and April 6, 2022.[1]



* Professor Plachta specializes in criminal law and international criminal law. He has authored numerous publication on a wide range of problems concerning law enforcement and international cooperation in criminal matters. He currently teaches criminal law and European criminal law at the University of Security in Poznan, Poland.

[1] https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/12/un-report-details-summar....