Is Putin a war criminal, who decides?

But calling someone war criminal is not as easy as saying. Below are some definitions and processes that determine who is war criminal and how they should be punished.

This is a summary of how this whole thing works:

Who's a war criminal?

This term refers to anyone who violates a series of rules imposed by world leaders, known as the law of armed conflict. Law determines how countries should be brought in in wartime.

These rules have been modified and expanded over the last century, drafted by the Geneva conventions after the effects of World War II and later added protocols.

Laws are aimed at protecting people who don't participate in war and those who can't fight, including civilians, such as doctors, nurses, wounded soldiers and prisoners of war, and protocholes make known who can be targeted and what weapons. Some weapons are forbidden, including chemical weapons and biological angels.

What crimes specifically make someone a war criminal?

The serious violations of international conventions leading to war crimes include deliberate killings and mass bankruptcy, as well as the embezzlement of property that is not justified by military needs. Other war crimes include the deliberate targeting of civilians, using uneven force, the use of human shields.

The International Criminal Court also prosecutes crimes against humanity committed in the context of the “a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population”. These include murder, extermination, forced transfer, torture, rape, and sexual slavery.

The most likely way Putin can appear as a war criminal is through widely recognised legal doctrine of command responsibility. If the commanders order or know or are able to know about the crimes and have done nothing to prevent them, they can be legally held accountable.

What are the ways to righteousness?

In general, there are four ways to investigate and define war crimes, although each has limits. One is through the International Criminal Court.

A second option would be if the United Nations returned its work to the investigative commission to an international hybrid war crimes court to prosecute Putin.

A third would be to establish a triponal or court to judge Putin by a group of states or organisations concerned or concerned, such as NATO, the European Union and the US. The military courts in Nuremberg after World War II against Nazi leaders are one example.

Eventually, some countries have their own laws on war crimes prosecution. Germany, for example, has already launched investigations into Putin. The United States does not have such a law, but the Department of Justice has a special section that focuses on acts involving international genocide, torture, recruiting child soldiers and female genius defects.

Where can Putin be tried?

There's no clarity on this. Russia does not recognise the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court and would not send any suspects to the court headquarters in The Hague, Holland. The United States also does not recognise the authority of the court. Putin could be tried in a country elected by the United Nations or by the consortium of interested nations. But his conduct there would be difficult.

Are state leaders being prosecuted in the past?

Yeah. From the post-World War II courts in Nuremberg and Tokyo to the latest Adi Hoc courts, senior leaders have been prosecuted for their actions in countries, including Bosnia, Cambodia and Rwanda.

Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was tried by a UN court in The Hague for inciting bloody conflicts, while Yugoslavia was destroyed in the early 1990s. He died in prison before the court made a decision. His Bosnian Serb ally, Radovan Karadzic, Bosnian Serb military leader, General Ratko Mladic, has been successfully prosecuted, and both are serving a life sentence

Charles Taylor of Liberia was sentenced to 50 years after being convicted of sponsoring atrocities in nearby Sierra Leone. Chad's former dictator, Hissene Habre, who died last year, was the first former head of state to be convicted of crimes against humanity by an African court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.