Cecilia Ducci

Cecilia Ducci is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna. Her doctoral research concerns genocide in the 21st century with a focus on how alleged perpetrators justify their use of violence before international audiences. Previously, she obtained a MSc in Political Science and International Politics from the University of Leiden and a BA(Hons) in Politics and International Relations from the University of Kent.

Genocide in Ukraine? The war of words and the politicization of the ‘crime of crimes’

Cecilia Ducci May 20, 2022

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, international accusations have ramped up from war crimes and crimes against humanity to full-fledged genocide. On March 2, 2022, 41 state parties to the Rome Statute of the…