Description

If we can agree that Russian mercenary-like organizations do not meet the legal criteria of being mercenaries, nor are they legitimate members of the armed forces, then their participation in combat must be illegitimate and their actions criminal. The question remains how to hold those criminal combatants accountable under law. This episode explores the tools for such accountability.

Disclaimer: The information in these podcasts do not represent the positions of any organization I am or ever have been associated with. They represent no one's opinions but my own.

References

• Geneva Convention Relative to The Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949
• International Committee of the Red Cross, Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities
• Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Asset Control; Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Program

Music:

• Wagner, R. and the USMC Band, Siegfried’s Funeral (Public Domain)
• Traditional, The Army Strings, Garryowen (Public Domain)
• Kiilstofte, J., The Cavalry, Machinamasound (Licensed)