Prosecuting Environmental War Crimes: Lessons Learned from Ukraine

Invitation

Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court - Side Event

Friday, 5 December 2025 | 13:15–14:30 | Room Yangtze 2 | Includes Lunch

Hosted by: Climate Counsel and UCLA’s The Promise Institute for Human Rights (Europe)

How can environmental devastation during armed conflict be investigated, documented, and prosecuted? And what can the international community learn from Ukraine’s unprecedented efforts to bring environmental war crimes to justice?

The groundbreaking “Environmental War Crimes Guide for Ukrainian prosecutors” is being transformed into a Manual for worldwide application in conflict and beyond.

Join us for a focused lunch event which brings together the principal contributors to the Manual: leading practitioners who have worked directly on these questions throughout the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The session is chaired by Xuchen Zhang, Legal Advisor, UCLA Law The Promise Institute (Europe) and features interventions from: Maksym Popov – Former Special Adviser to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General; Richard J. Rogers  – Founder of  Climate Counsel and lead author of the Environmental War Crimes Guide for Ukrainian prosecutors;   Andrii Latsyba – Legal Counsel with Ukrainian NGO Truth Hounds, documenting and analysing attacks on dams and water infrastructure, and Kate Mackintosh  – Executive Director of the UCLA Promise Institute for Human Rights (Europe).

Open to all ASP participants.

We look forward to seeing you in The Hague.