On April 18, the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights UK, and the United States Institute of Peace convened a conversation on holding Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for war crimes and massive human rights violations in Ukraine.
Speakers:
* Lise Grande, President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace, opening remarks
* Kerry Kennedy, moderator and President of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights
* Recorded remarks from: Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* Lanny Breuer, former U.S. Assistant Attorney General, Vice Chair, Covington & Burling LLP
* Mark Ellis, Executive Director, International Bar Association
* Harold Hongju Koh, former Legal Adviser of the U.S. Department of State
* Ambassador William Taylor, Vice President, Russia and Europe, U.S. Institute of Peace
* Eka Tkeshelashvili, Head of Program (COP), Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions in Ukraine; member of Board of Trustees of Nizami Ganjavi Center
* Beth Van Schaack, U.S. State Department’s Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice
* Iryna Venediktova, Prosecutor General of Ukraine
* Kateryna Yushchenko, former First Lady of Ukraine
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