The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Victims, Perpetrators, Justice, and the Question of Genocide

This book examines crucial facets of the Russian invasion: among them, the Russian sexual violence against occupied Ukrainians, their “collaboration” and “filtration,” legal prosecutions especially relating to kidnapped Ukrainian children, the portrayal of events in Bucha on Russian social media, and the lessons learned from the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Poland during the initial weeks of the war, as well the potential pursuit of justice at the International Court of Justice, and the genocide claim more generally.

This anthology will serve as a valuable resource for scholars, policymakers, and the broader community involved in the study of genocide and conflict. It endeavours to offer not only insights into the immediate circumstances of the invasion but also a framework for broader discussions and a foundation for informed dialogues on the multifaceted dimensions of this geopolitical upheaval.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Genocide Research.

Diana Dumitru is Ion Rațiu Professor in Romanian Studies at Georgetown University, USA. Her research interests include the Holocaust in Eastern Europe, nationality policies and antisemitism in the USSR, and late Stalinism and postwar trials in the Soviet Union. Her second book is entitled The State, Antisemitism and Collaboration in the Holocaust: The Borderlands of Romania and the Soviet Union (2016). She is an Editor of the Journal of Genocide Research.

A. Dirk Moses is Anne and Bernard Spitzer Professor of International Relations at the City College of New York, CUNY, USA. He is the author of The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression (2021) and is the Senior Editor of the Journal of Genocide Research.