Videos circulating on social media of captured Russian soldiers calling their families and denouncing the invasion of Ukraine may be contributing to the violation of international law about how prisoners of war should be treated.
“You may not publish pictures of prisoners of war where they can be recognized,” said Marco Sassoli, a professor of international law at the University of Geneva and a special advisor on international humanitarian law to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. “And obviously [in these cases], they can be recognized.”
Sassoli said since the videos of soldiers don’t appear to humiliate the soldiers, they should not be considered “war crimes,” like, for
