Since 2014, the Crimean Human Rights Group has been monitoring hate speech in the Russian media space. After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the nature of the statements monitored transformed into hate speech through direct and public incitements to serious crimes. Given these dangerous trends, this study explored the potential of the monitoring results for use as evidence of criminal liability for incitement to genocide and waging a war of aggression in accordance with the existing judicial practice of international and Ukrainian legislation.
Specific attention was paid to the psycholinguistic aspects of the analyzed statements and identifying markers that may constitute elements of crimes such as incitement to genocide and crimes of aggression.
INFORMATION WAR CRIMES
