In its war with Ukraine, Russia has targeted the environment as its most insidious means of warfare. It has blown up dams, flooded coal mines, burned down national forests, and even targeted the black sea dolphins that inhabit the waters off Ukraine’s coast. With an effort to obtain a peace agreement now underway, will the perpetrators of these attacks be brought to justice? Where will they be tried? And what law will apply?
On Monday, March 3, at 9 a.m. and re-airing at 9 p.m., CWRU School of Law’s “Talking Foreign Policy” radio show, hosted by Michael Scharf, will discuss those questions with Mark Ellis, executive director of the International Bar Association and his team of experts who trained prosecutors and judges to try Russian environmental war crimes.
“Talking Foreign Policy” is broadcast on Cleveland’s NPR Station, WKSU 89.7 FM in Cleveland, and its syndicates throughout Ohio. It is streamed worldwide from Ideastream Public Media. It is also available to listen to as a podcast anytime after it airs on the School of Law website.
“Talking Foreign Policy” has aired quarterly since 2012. Recent episodes of the program have addressed such topical issues as the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, foreign policy and the 2024 presidential election, the Ukraine conflict’s endgame, responding to global warming, the international indictment of Vladimir Putin, and lessons from the Afghanistan fiasco.