Podcast host Imogen Foulkes is joined in this episode by international history and human rights experts.
\u201cIf Russia tries to occupy all of Ukraine, that\u2019s going to end up in a total disaster, and an ongoing civil conflict for years on end. If they divide the country, that\u2019s just going to breed new conflict,\u201d says Jussi Hanhim\xe4ki, professor of international history and politics at the Graduate Institute Geneva (IHEID).
Can human rights be protected?
\u201cIf this moves to some form of occupation, we will certainly see torture, disappearances, arbitrary arrests,\u201d says Gerald Staberock, secretary general of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT).
Can the United Nations do anything to help?
\u201cThe Human Rights Council in Geneva will do an inquiry. The International Criminal Court will investigate alleged war crimes, so I think the UN is reacting the best it can,\u201d says analyst Daniel Warner.
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