Abstract:
The war that took place between Russia and Ukraine made journalists around
the world come to the country to cover news about the events of this war. But the
Russian soldiers assaulted them while they were on duty and as the result, they were
killed. Whereas according to international humanitarian law, journalists are parties
who should not be attacked because they are considered civilians. The problem
formulation in this study is how to apply the rule of war related to the protection of
journalists in the Ukraine Russia of journalists in the Ukraine-Russia conflict
country from the point of view of the 1907 Hague Convention IV and the 1948
Geneva Convention and their protocols as part of international humanitarian law.
protection of journalists in the Ukraine-Russia conflict country. The normative
juridical approach was applied in this study, and the specifics of the research were
analytical and descriptive. Research data comes from primary, secondary, and
tertiary sources. The writer will use library research as a source when they have
some data, and inductive and deductive reasoning will be used to analyze it. The
results of the research and discussion are that according to international
humanitarian law in carrying out their duties, journalists are protected by provisions
in international conventions, but in the Russia-Ukraine war, the convention was not
applied because in fact journalists on duty were attacked by the Russian army. This
is included in the category of war crimes, therefore the settlement of this incident
can be carried out at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) because both Russia
and Ukraine are countries that have not ratified the Rome statute. The conclusion is
that attacks on journalists constitute a war crime and as a form of application of
legal protection will be resolved in the ICJ based on international conventions.