Editing Genocide Convention (section)

=== Russia ===
{{main|Ukraine v. Russian Federation (2022)}}

==== Russian accusations of genocide by Ukraine ====
{{Main|Accusations of genocide in Donbas}}
In February 2022, [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia invaded Ukraine]], claiming that it acted, among other reasons, in order to protect [[Russian language in Ukraine|Russian-speaking Ukrainians]] from genocide. This unfounded and false Russian charge has been widely condemned and has been called by genocide experts '[[accusation in a mirror]]', a powerful, historically recurring, form of incitement to genocide.<ref name="newlinesinstitute" />

==== Russian atrocities in Ukraine ====
{{Main|Allegations of genocide of Ukrainians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine}}
Russian forces committed numerous atrocities and war crimes in Ukraine, including all five of the potentially genocidal acts listed in the Genocide Convention. [[Canada]], [[Czech Republic|Czechia]], [[Estonia]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Poland]], and [[Ukraine]] have accused Russia of genocide. In April 2022 Genocide Watch issued a genocide alert for Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 13, 2022 |title=Genocide Emergency Update: Ukraine |url=https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/genocide-emergency-update-ukraine |website=Genocide Watch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2022 |title=Genocide Emergency: Ukraine |url=https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/country-report-ukraine-1 |website=Genocide Watch}}</ref> A May 2022 report by 35 legal and genocide experts concluded that Russia has violated the Genocide Convention by the direct and public incitement to commit genocide, and that a pattern of Russian atrocities implies the intent to destroy the Ukrainian national group, and the consequent serious risk of genocide triggers the obligation to prevent it on signatory states.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 May 2022  |title=Russia is guilty of inciting genocide in Ukraine, expert report concludes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/27/russia-guilty-inciting-genocide-ukraine-expert-report |access-date=24 December 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref><ref name="newlinesinstitute">{{cite web |date=27 May 2022 |title=Independent Legal Analysis of the Russian Federation's Breaches of the Genocide Convention in Ukraine and the Duty to Prevent |url=https://newlinesinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/English-Report.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616080955/https://newlinesinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/English-Report.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2022 |access-date=22 July 2022 |work=New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy; Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights}}</ref>