There are increasing calls for a special tribunal for the Ukraine war. Russia has a veto right in the Security Council. What other possibilities are there?
What triggered the appointment of a special counsel, who is Jack Smith, and what, if anything, does this mean for the investigations into Donald Trump?
challenge of prosecuting war crimes, and he joins me now. i m glad you re here. there s been a lot of questions about this war crime trial and about war crimes in general, not the least of which is, is it unusual to swrun in the midst of the war still going on? yes, laura, highly unusual. as a matter of fact, with research that has been done, i ve only seen an example of one such trial that occurred, i believe, in bosnia, in the midst of the wars with the break up of the former yugoslavia in the 1990s. other than that, you re absolutely right. there generally have been ad hoc tribunals such as for the former yugoslavia, rwanda, the special chambers, and came bodia, that many cases have taken place
very nervous they will have much more unexpected unrest of the population as a whole and i don t think they counted on that, but it could happen. that means the men around putin, i m sure, are having doubts about the course the kremlin is taking. there has been a lot of talk about the way vladimir putin has situated himself away from his adviser, many feet away from him with everybody off to one side, and could that be because of covid regulations or covid fears? listen, i mean, he s been acting crazy about covid for a long time, having, you know, people come and spray themselves and special chambers. you know, i think that that s just another sign of his general paranoia. remember, his real goal in carrying out this invasion is