Un slaughterhouse in the heart of Europe: this is the Ukraine invaded by Russia and attacked by Putin’s bombs today, for one of the most highly rated human rights lawyers in the world, Amal Clooney.
Amal Clooney’s denunciation
The Lebanese jurist’s complaint comes during an informal meeting of the United Nations Security Council. The summit was organized to discuss how to secure those responsible for committed atrocities in this “aggressive and outrageous” invasionsays Mrs. Clooney, of a sovereign country.
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Crimes of genocide: the evidence is there
Direct and outspoken, the lawyer claimed that there are “growing evidence of the crime of genocide»Including the physical violence against women and girls in the streetsas well as the torture of dead civilians committed by soldiers of the Russian troops.
And wondering, but already knowing the answer, “how did we get here?”, He launches a bitter accusation: “We got there ignoring justice for so longfrom Darfur to Myanmar to Yemen, passing through Syria ».
Forgotten justice
And therefore, at least this time, «any country that professes the respect for human rights it must make sure it does not become a place for war criminals to take refuge. ‘ And the responsibles “They must be arrested everywhere“.
Amal Clooney: let’s not leave Ukraine alone
The lawyer also listed a long series of practical steps to take to ensure justice is done: from the seizure of assetscompensation, reception of refugees, accession to the International Criminal Court.
The greatest fear of the jurist, in fact, who with her husband manages the “Clooney Foundation for Justice” is that “Ukraine will end up by itself prosecuting the perpetrators of these atrocities ” and firmly invites us to make sure that “this does not happen”.
Amal Clooneyjust named “Woman of the YearFrom the American magazine “Time”, since the end of March she joined the task force that must ascertain war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the war in Ukraine.
It is not the first time that Amal Clooney, has to do with Ukraine. In recent years, in fact, he has also defended former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenkocontroversial political figure, jailed for political reasons by former pro-Russian premier Viktor Janukovyc.
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