As atrocious images and news concerning mass graves and signs of civilian torture circulated the globe, efforts to document and prosecute war crimes in Ukraine reached a new level of urgency.

President Joe Biden began his week by calling for a war crimes trial against Russian President Vladimir Putin, though he stopped short of using the term “genocide.” That’s the appropriate take at this point, argues international law professor Mark Berlin.

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