On Wednesday, November 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Litigation Project and Eurasia Center will co-host the conference “Intent to destroy: confronting Russia’s campaign to erase Ukraine and its people.” The conference is organized by International Partnership for Human Rights, the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, New Lines Institute, and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.
Since the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, experts across law, policy, and academia have consistently raised alarm over the Kremlin’s genocidal rhetoric and escalating atrocities. Three-and-a-half years into the full-scale invasion, evidence of mass killings, torture, sexual violence, mass deportation of children and shelling of vital civilian infrastructure is overwhelming. Eliminationist intent, moreover, is increasingly demonstrable. With peace negotiations stalled and Russian offensives against Ukraine’s civilian and critical energy infrastructure intensifying ahead of the winter, it is time for the international community to examine the moral, legal, and policy implications of Russia’s actions through the lens of genocide.
Join us as leading international lawyers, historians, policymakers, security experts, and diplomats identify tangible legal, political, and diplomatic strategies to halt Russia’s campaign to erase Ukraine and its people.
The conference will be livestreamed on Youtube.
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Agenda
9:00–9:30 a.m. | Introductory remarks
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9:30–11:00 a.m. | Panel discussion: Mounting evidence of Russia’s intent to destroy the Ukrainian people
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11:10 a.m.–12:10 p.m. | Panel discussion: Impunity for genocide: Historical and ethical dimensions
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12:10–1:10 p.m. | Lunch
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1:10–2:10 p.m. | Panel discussion: Legal, political, security and humanitarian responses to Russia’s genocidal war in Ukraine
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2:20–3:20 p.m. | Panel discussion: A plan for action
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The Atlantic Council’s Strategic Litigation Project injects fresh thinking into how governments and practitioners can apply legal tools to advance human rights and democracy around the world.
The Eurasia Center’s mission is to enhance transatlantic cooperation in promoting stability, democratic values, and prosperity in Eurasia, from Eastern Europe and Turkey in the West to the Caucasus, Russia, and Central Asia in the East.
