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Law’s Michael Scharf discussed his plan to bring war crime cases against Russia

How to prosecute Russia’s war crimes

Michael Scharf

Foreign Policy: Michael Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law, discussed his effort to create the structure for how the West and Ukraine could effectively and quickly manage a deluge of war crimes cases following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Just the indictment of leaders has eroded their power, their popularity, their positions of authority,” he said.