Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel London and Paris
03/27/2023
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel London and Paris
03/27/2023 03:17 PM EDT
Office of the Spokesperson
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to London, United Kingdom, from March 28–29, and to Paris, France, from March 30–31. In London, Secretary Kerry will meet with government officials to discuss opportunities to accelerate work on combating the climate crisis, including advancing the clean energy transition. In Paris, Secretary Kerry will further engage with government officials and business representatives, as well as with international organization officials on cooperative efforts to address the climate crisis and bolster both energy security and affordability in the process.
For media inquiries, please contact ClimateComms@state.gov.
Ambassador Van Schaack’s Remarks
03/28/2023
Ambassador Van Schaack’s Remarks
03/27/2023 11:52 PM EDT
Beth Van Schaack, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal JusticeOffice of Global Criminal Justice
Catholic University of America
Nuremburg Principles Meeting
Introduction
Honorable delegates and colleagues. It is an honor and privilege to address you as the sixth U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice.
I feel particularly privileged to be speaking alongside our friends and colleagues who join us from Ukraine. The bravery and strength you and your country have shown this past year cannot be understated. We know you are defending shared values on the battlefield, in diplomatic exchanges across the world, and in different stadiums of justice. These are the very principles undergirding peace and security built by the international community after the Second World War, which Russia has violated so blatantly.
We know that today’s fight for justice is not only about defending Ukraine, its sovereignty, its territory, and its people’s right to live a life of peace and dignity. It is equally about defending the foundations of peace and security that underlie the UN Charter.
Putin’s War of Aggression & The Ensuing Atrocities
We are now over a year into the Kremlin’s brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a war that continues to result in devastating human costs with thousands of civilians killed, millions forced to flee their homes, and historic cities pounded to rubble.
There is no question that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a manifest violation of the UN Charter. This is a war being waged through the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other atrocities. Indeed, members of Russia’s forces and Russian officials have committed international crimes in every region in which military forces have been deployed. These include the unlawful transfer of Ukrainian civilians—including thousands of children—within Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine and the deportation of thousands of Ukrainian civilians from Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine to Russia as part of its so-called filtration operations—a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention.







