{"id":120781,"date":"2023-08-28T10:38:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T08:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/?p=120781"},"modified":"2023-08-28T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T08:38:42","slug":"prigozhin-dead-wagner-crimes-unpunished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/120781-prigozhin-dead-wagner-crimes-unpunished.html","title":{"rendered":"Prigozhin is dead, will Wagner\u2019s crimes remain unpunished?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><strong>Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, the two leaders of the Russian private military group known as Wagner, are dead after their aircraft crashed near Moscow on August 23. Despite the numerous crimes allegedly committed by Wagner mercenaries, including in countries where the International Criminal Court has an open investigation, the group\u2019s top brass has never faced justice. An opportunity missed, says international lawyer Alexandre Prezanti, but perhaps not the end of the story.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>On 23 August 2023, Russian authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-66599733\">reported<\/a> that a private jet carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin \u2013 Wagner Private Military Company\u2019s No. 1 and No. 2 \u2013 crashed killing everyone on board. The next day, Russia\u2019s President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/tag\/vladimir-putin\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> appeared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/putin-breaks-silence-over-wagner-chief-prigozhins-death-in-jet-crash\/\">confirm<\/a> Prigozhin\u2019s death, promising a thorough inquiry into the crash. Wagner PMC, active since at least 2014, has been linked to war crimes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/apr\/18\/wagner-mercenary-admits-tossing-grenades-at-injured-ukrainian-pows#:~:text=In%20one%20instance%2C%20while%20fighting,%2C%20I%20would%20go%20back.\">Ukraine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/countries\/mali\/20230512-Moura-Report.pdf\">Mali<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/news\/2020\/06\/libya-violations-related-mercenary-activities-must-be-investigated-un-experts\">Libya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/central-african-republic-abuses-russia-linked-forces\">Central African Republic<\/a> (CAR) and <a href=\"https:\/\/timep.org\/2022\/03\/28\/holding-wagner-to-account-for-russian-abuses-in-syria\/\">Syria<\/a>. In January 2023, the U.S. Government <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy1220\">designated<\/a> Wagner PMC as a \u201cTransnational Criminal Organization\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/writtenevidence\/108429\/pdf\/\">Commentators<\/a> have opined that Wagner PMC acts as a private proxy for the Kremlin\u2019s foreign policy. Despite several U.N. reports and a steady stream of NGO and media accounts linking Wagner PMC to atrocities, the group and its leadership has never been prosecuted by the international community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2022, Malian forces and Wagner PMC \u201cinstructors\u201d descended on Moura, a village in the Mopti region of Mali. Over the next five days, at least 500 people \u2013 the majority unarmed civilians \u2013 were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/may\/20\/russian-mercenaries-behind-slaughter-in-mali-village-un-report-finds\">reportedly<\/a> massacred. A detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/countries\/mali\/20230512-Moura-Report.pdf\">report<\/a> by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights alleged that Wagner PMC participated in the operation which involved extra-judicial killings, rape and torture, and called for the prosecution of those responsible. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/news\/2020\/06\/libya-violations-related-mercenary-activities-must-be-investigated-un-experts\">U.N. Working Group<\/a> on the Use of Mercenaries, in September 2019 Wagner PMC troops supporting General Haftar\u2019s Libyan National Army summarily executed detainees on the outskirts of Tripoli. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/central-african-republic-abuses-russia-linked-forces\">Human Rights Watch<\/a>, since 2019, Wagner PMC militants have summarily executed, tortured, and abused civilians in the CAR. Most recently, a former Wagner PMC mercenary in Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/apr\/18\/wagner-mercenary-admits-tossing-grenades-at-injured-ukrainian-pows#:~:text=In%20one%20instance%2C%20while%20fighting,%2C%20I%20would%20go%20back.\">described<\/a> torturing and killing Ukrainian prisoners of war. Behind the violence and brutality, there are also reports of organised pillage and plunder of natural resources. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russia-wagner-group-ukraine-war-putin-prigozhin-africa-plundering-resources\/\">Reports<\/a> from the Central African Republic suggest that Wagner PMC has free reign over the country\u2019s gold mines and tropical hardwood. <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/29\/africa\/sudan-russia-gold-investigation-cmd-intl\/index.html\">Other reports<\/a> suggest that Wagner PMC is using unrest in Sudan to plunder the country\u2019s gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-opportunity-missed-for-the-icc\">An opportunity missed for the ICC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing that all these alleged war crimes have in common \u2013 aside from evidence of involvement of Wagner PMC mercenaries \u2013 is that they all reportedly took place on territory over which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/tribunals\/icc\">International Criminal Court (ICC)<\/a> has jurisdiction. To the author\u2019s knowledge, the ICC Prosecutor has yet to announce an investigation into any of these incidents, or request arrest warrants for any Wagner PMC personnel. Nor have there been any other international efforts to bring the Wagner PMC leadership to account. For nearly a decade, this Kremlin-linked mercenary group has carried out Russia\u2019s foreign policy objectives in Ukraine, Syria and across Africa demonstrating patent disregard for international humanitarian law and human rights \u2013 with impunity. Surely this represents a missed opportunity for the project of international justice. Prigozhin and his lieutenants are known to have openly travelled in and out of ICC Member States like Mali and CAR to negotiate their nefarious deals. ICC arrest warrants against Wagner PMC leaders may have made Wagner PMC\u2019s African adventures trickier, or if anything, embarrassing for the host nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that its two top leaders are dead, is this the end of the accountability road for Wagner PMC\u2019s crimes? Granted, the world has lost an opportunity to watch Prigozhin tell his story in the Hague. At least one Syrian victim\u2019s family has <a href=\"https:\/\/timep.org\/2022\/03\/28\/holding-wagner-to-account-for-russian-abuses-in-syria\/\">tried to find justice<\/a> in Russia, to no avail. His case was disregarded by Russian investigators and <a href=\"https:\/\/scm.bz\/en\/wagner-in-syria-ruling-by-russian-court-entrenches-impunity-for-brutal-murder\/\">thrown out<\/a> by Russian courts. It\u2019s likely that analogous efforts by Malian, Libyan or Ukrainian victims will meet a similar fate \u2013 given Russia continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/14\/europe\/russia-putin-wagner-prigozhin-tensions-intl\/index.html#:~:text=\">deny<\/a> Wagner PMC\u2019s existence as a legal entity. The ICC is also unlikely to pursue Wagner PMC foot soldiers or low-level field commanders \u2013 the Court was set up to prosecute the top brass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-should-the-buck-stop-with-prigozhin\">Should the buck stop with Prigozhin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But should the buck stop with Prigozhin and his deputy? What of the Kremlin\u2019s responsibility for Wagner PMC\u2019s crimes? In June 2023, Putin made an extraordinary announcement, telling military officials and the press: \u201c<em>I want to point out and I want everyone to know about it: The maintenance of the entire Wagner Group was fully provided for by the state [\u2026] from the Ministry of Defense, from the state budget, we fully financed this group<\/em>.\u201d Whilst this is not an admission of effective control over the group\u2019s conduct in the field, this does appear to be a confirmation of the long-held belief that Wagner PMC is an agent of the Russian state. At the very least, this merits a detailed inquiry into the extent to which Russian authorities controlled the conduct of Wagner PMC units. Those found to have been in effective authority and control over mercenaries who committed war crimes, and who failed to prevent or punish such crimes, should be brought to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"content-encadre\">\r\n\t<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-90801 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alexandre-Prezanti.jpg\" alt=\"Alexandre Prezanti\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alexandre-Prezanti.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alexandre-Prezanti-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>ALEXANDRE PREZANTI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexandre Prezanti is a barrister at Guernica 37 Chambers, UK, and partner at Global Diligence LLP. He specialises in international criminal law, human rights and sanctions. He regularly advises civil society and national authorities and international organisations.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin, the two leaders of the Russian private military group known as Wagner, are dead after their aircraft crashed near Moscow on August 23. 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