The Crime of Aggression, Protected Points, and the Challenges of Citizen Evidence Collection

Panelists

Professor Federica D’Alessandra, Oxford University’s Deputy Director of the Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict (ELAC) and Executive Director of the Program on International Peace and Security (IPS) at the Blavatnik School of Government

Kristin Smith,  Director of the American Bar Association’s Atrocity Crimes Initiative, a group of projects (including the International Criminal Court Project) focused on atrocity prevention, response and accountability and jointly supported by ABA’s Criminal Justice Section and the Center for Human Rights. She also serves as a Staff Attorney for the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section.

Moderator

Jim Finkel, Nonresident Fellow, Protecting Civilians in Conflict program, Stimson Center

Shared Resources:

• New Lines Institute and Raul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights’ Independent Legal Analysis of the Russian Federation’s Breaches of the Geneva Convention in Ukraine and the Duty to Prevent.
• Anchoring Accountability for Mass Atrocities by Federica D’Alessandra, Ambassador Stephen Rapp, Kirsty Sutherland, and Sareta Ashrap, May 2022. 
• David Crane, “Russian War Crimes Against Ukraine. The Breach of International Humanitarian Law by the Russian Federation”, April 2022.