“Here we are faced with evidence of crimes of aggression, war crimes, crimes against humanity and evidence of the crime of genocide is increasing daily,” Clooney told an informal meeting of the UN Security Council. “How did we get here? I think we got here without ignoring justice for so long. For too long, we have been watching the perpetrators of mass human rights violations being killed, tortured and raped without consequences,” Clooney said, referring to Yemen. Myanmar as examples. The meeting focused on how Russia will be held responsible for its actions in Ukraine, as soldiers have been accused of killing civilians, abducting children and raping women. Clooney says countries have committed war crimes because they “believe they can get away with it and they were right.” Clooney says the international community must continue to rally behind Ukraine and hold it accountable for war crimes so that the issue is not ignored like other conflicts, such as those in Syria. Top home buyers marginalized by higher mortgage rates Nation hears mixed pandemic messages “What worries me as I sit here today is that the decisive action we have seen in the first 50 days of this war will prove to be the culmination rather than the starting point of a legal and diplomatic response,” Clooney said, adding that UN action they could “slowly fade into a predictable pattern.” In response to the Russian invasion, the UN voted to condemn the war, while many of its countries provided aid and weapons to Ukraine. The United States has provided billions of dollars in aid and weapons, while imposing sanctions on Russian oligarchs and others for the war.
