A CASE STUDY ON THE ABDUCTION OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN WITHIN THE UKRAINE-RUSSIAN CONFLICT UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW PERSPECTIVE.

The purpose of this research hopes that readers will increase their insight and understanding to international law in the context of child abduction and deportation. The issues the author encounters include what are basis of international law on for child abduction and how the law is implemented against this violation. The research method used is doctrinal legal research to analyze positive law regarding child abduction according to international law. The findings of this research include various regulations and conventions that are preventative and repressive in nature. The Geneva Convention I stipulates that acts of deportation can be recognized as genocide. Geneva Convention IV regulates the rights and obligations of humanitarian organizations in a state of war. UN 1989 regulates children’s rights. Meanwhile, the Rome Statute regulates the rights and authority of the International Criminal Court to prosecute and adjudicate on punishments towards perpetrators of such criminal acts. The research results have shown insurmountable violations on child rights through the unlawful act on deporting Ukrainian Children to Russian lands. Children have been subjected to Russian propaganda, bullying and harassment, maltreatment and unlawful adoption by Russians. President Vladimir Putin and Child Commissioner Maria LvovaBelova should be held responsible under Article 8(2)(b)(viii) of the ICC for authorizing and inciting the forcible transfer of children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]