the targeting of facilities is taking place. this is precisely the kind of notice that you need to demonstrate command responsibilities because it s rare that you get a direct order to commit a war crime. but that s not the only way to command responsibility for war crimes. if you show commanders were aware of abuses and didn t take steps to stop them, then they too are guilty war crimes. so on that note, ken, joe biden has repeatedly referred to vladimir putin as a war criminal. in your view, does the president of russia bear legal command responsibility for these alleged war crimes in ukraine? could he be held personally responsible one day in the future? in principle, yes. i should say that human rights watch did this chain of command responsibility analysis and found that putin was responsible for the deliberate targeting of hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, markets and the like. it s a bit too early in the ukraine conflict to prove that,
notice to the chain of command that these low-scale atrocities on the ground are taking place. they already are on notice that the indiscriminate bombardment, the targeting of facilities is taking place. this is precisely the kind of notice that you need to demonstrate command responsibility, because it s rare that you get a direct order to commit a war crime. but that s not the only way to command responsibility for war crimes. if you show commanders were aware of abuses and didn t take steps to stop them, then they too are guilty of war crimes. so on that note, ken, joe biden has repeatedly referred to vladimir putin as a war criminal. in your view, does the president of russia bear legal command responsibility for these alleged war crimes in ukraine? could he be held personally responsible one day in the future? in principle, yes. i should say that human rights watch did this chain of command responsibility analysis and found that putin was responsible for the deliberate targeti
hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, markets and the like. it s a bit too early in the ukraine conflict to prove that, but this is exactly what human rights watch is looking at, exactly what the international criminal court will look at. if they can get direct evidence of ordering war crimes, that s one route. but the more likely route is that putin was aware of these atrocities taking place and didn t take steps to stop it. if that can be demonstrated, then he is indeed responsible for war crimes and can be brought to justice by the icc. now, putin may be sitting there in the kremlin what do i worry about, who s going to come get me, i ve got nuclear weapons. there have been other presidents in this situation that thought they were untouchable. slobodan milosevic, who signed off on the dayton peace accord, never bothered asking for amnesty. because the government changed and it wanted to show it was reformist and it was convenient to hand milosevic to the hague.
0 biden has spoken with the president of poland. we are expected to hear from him at any moment. this as we learn vice president harris will be visiting poland on monday. also secretary of state antony blinken will hold a news conference in brussels. thank you so much, brit hume, for joining us on outnumbered. america reports starts right now. has to be separated. we got border and then had to say good-bye and he had to go back. john: fox news alert to kick off america reports this friday as ukrainians fight for their survival and heart wrenching moments from the battlefield. john roberts in washington, hi again, sandra. sandra: hello to you. sandra smith in new york. fox news learning moments ago the white house will be sending vice president kamala harris to poland monday to meet with a bipartisan congressional delegation and secretary of state antony blinken is in brussels. he will be speaking moments from now. we ll have his remarks for you. all this happening after m