Benjamin Ferencz Lecture Series: Prosecuting Russian Environmental War Crimes

• Date: 16 June
• Time: 17:00 - 19:00
• Location: Leiden Universiteit

In its war with Ukraine, Russia has targeted the environment as a means of attaining military advantage, demoralizing the population, and rendering parts of Ukraine uninhabitable. It has blown up dams, flooded coal mines, burned down national forests, and even targeted the black sea dolphins that inhabit the waters off Ukraine’s coast. Will the perpetrators of these heinous attacks be brought to justice? Where will they be tried? And what law will apply? Our speakers, who helped prepare Ukrainian prosecutors and judges to try Russian environmental war crimes, present an insider's perspective on these questions.

Speakers

Hon. Ambassador Andriy Kostin, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Mr. Maksym Popov, Expert of the EU Project Pravo-Justice

Dr. Mark Ellis, Executive Director of the International Bar Association

Prof. Margaret deGuzman, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Institute for International Law and Public Policy at Temple University Beasley School of Law

Prof. Michael Scharf, Chair of the IBA ICC Moot Court Competition, served as Dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Law from 2013-2024

Prof. Milena Sterio, President of the International Association of Penal Law and Distinguished University Professor at Cleveland State College of Law

Mr. Andre Monette, Council Member of the International Bar Association’s Section on Energy, Environment, Resources and Infrastructure

Dr. Paul Williams, President of the Public International Law & Policy Group

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