As international investigators continued Monday to clamour for access to the site in Ukraine where a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was shot down, the question over whether those responsible would ever face justice remained unclear.
Ukraine’s prime minister has suggested that the International Criminal Court should investigate the downing of Flight 17. The permanent tribunal based in The Hague, Netherlands, was formed in July 2002 to investigate genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. So far, two Congolese warlords have been convicted by the ICC.
One of the most prominent figures being tried at the moment is former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. The ICC has also issued an arrest warrant against Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, in connection with atrocities in Darfur.
Postmedia News asked Errol Mendes, an international criminal law professor at the University of Ottawa and once a visiting professional at the ICC, about the prospects people will be held to account for the plane attack over Ukraine.
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