nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220927-230801-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220927s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220927-230801-0 doi eng 342 23 Dannenbaum, Tom Author aut Mobilized to Commit War Crimes? - Russian Deserters as Refugees, Part II Dannenbaum, Tom Verfassungsblog 2022-09-27 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In that earlier post, I argued that states have a legal obligation to recognize the refugee status of Russian troops who flee to avoid participating in what is a war of aggression. That argument applies equally to this new scenario. Those who refuse to fight and who leave Russia to avoid doing so should be recognized as refugees.  However, there is now an additional way to ground that claim. CC BY-SA 4.0 CJEU Refugee Protection Russian War against Ukraine War Crimes Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/mobilized-to-commit-war-crimes/ raw object