Holding Putin et al. accountable

Jul 9 2024 Gordon Brown in The Guardian

Rage as Putin bombs a children’s hospital in Kyiv, but know there is a way to try him for his crimes

The lives of children are too easily forgotten. But the Council of Europe has a plan to hold the Kremlin to account

This week’s bombing of the main children’s hospital in the heart of Kyiv is the latest and most gruesome reminder of Vladimir Putin’s war crimes. They cannot go unpunished. Nato’s summit in Washington DC is the right moment not just to recommit to the defence of Ukraine, but also to deepen and hasten the inquiry of the international criminal court (ICC) into Russian atrocities.