Achieving justice For Ukrainians

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Speakers: David Lammy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Wayne Jordash QC, Managing Partner Global Rights Compliance LLP

Chair: Michelle Hughes, Human rights lawyer, former US military intelligence officer now a PhD candidate at LSE Law

An understanding of the nature and scale of the international crimes being committed in Ukraine by Russian forces and the role of the Ukrainian justice system and international actors are critical to an understanding of the challenges that lie ahead in trying to fashion some kind of accountability and justice for the Ukrainians. The starting point must surely be a focus on Russia’s methodology of war and its objectives. International actors, including the ICC, are important, but in the end will they offer anything more than symbolic participation? Should not the overriding and overwhelming responsibility for addressing these crimes fall instead on the Ukrainian judicial system and civil society? If this is the case, these will need supporting, not only in symbolic ways, but in real and tangible support on the ground. What is the true objective behind such support? Trials are important but are they sufficient?  Does not justice need to be approached in a broader, more holistic way?

Wayne Jordash QC

Michelle Hughes