Russians repeating Bolton's nonsense
This article turned up yesterday.
I have written extensively about Russian abuse of international law - where they parrot Bolton, Rumsfeld and American hawk legal nihilism.
This is what I wrote previously in case you missed it:
Dustin Du Cane
Look, the evil DNR and LNR courts used the bullshit illegal combatant/mercenary designation to ‘sentence’ Westerners to death. This is not law. Don’t be a Russian. Even if Aiden was a mercenary (he very very much wasn't) then he would have rights as a civilian under art. 47. In Ukraine a mercenary, the Wagner type, not Aiden, is a criminal and still has rights:
The subject of Russian trials for Westerners, in Azov or not, is covered in our upcoming book. I wrote the appropriate section quite a while ago.1 Its terrifying that my predictions are correct.
I quote Silvia Borelli, ‘Casting Light on the Legal Black Hole: International Law and Detentions Abroad in the “War on Terror.”’, International Review of the Red Cross 87, no. 857 (2005): 39–68, https://doi.org/10.1017/s1816383100181184 and John R. Bolton, ‘The Risks and the Weaknesses of the International Criminal Court from America’s Perspective’, The International Criminal Court, 2017, 459–76, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351146401-18. ↩
