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Law's Michael Scharf discusses Russia's war crimes in Ukraine

MEDIA | March 6, 2025
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Should Russia be prosecuted for environmental war crimes against Ukraine?
ideastreamMichael Scharf, the Joseph C. Hostetler - BakerHostetler Professor of Law and the associate dean for Global Legal Studies at the School of Law, said Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine include deliberate environmental destruction—such as the Kakhovka Dam collapse, coal mine flooding, and forest fires. Scharf explored Ukrainian efforts to charge Russia with said crimes.

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