One of the country’s latest publicity tactics may have violated the Geneva Conventions.
In its war with Russia, Ukraine may be outmatched in terms of sheer numbers and military resources, but it appears to have the upper hand in soliciting goodwill from the rest of the world. Its telegenic president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been eliciting comparisons towith his stirring speeches. Stories of heroism and grit coming out of the country have been catnip for social media.
However, one of the country’s latest publicity tactics may have crossed a line. Over the weekend, Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs began posting videos on sites like YouTube and Twitter of what appear to begiving testimonials to interrogators about the misinformation they’d been hearing from the Kremlin justifying the war. The soldiers are not identified, and it’s unclear whether they’re under duress. The ministry has also been posting grisly images of dead soldiers on the battlefield.
Since it was adopted in 1949, governments and the international humanitarian law community have universally interpreted the “public curiosity” stipulation to include protections for prisoners of war against having their likenesses disseminated publicly through photographs, television, and other mediums. Human rights organizations and scholars say that social media falls under that umbrella as well.
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