Accountability and the Future of Ukraine

Janine di Giovanni

CEO, The Reckoning Project (Introductory Remarks)

Janine di Giovanni is the founder and CEO of TRP. An award-winning author, human rights investigator, and academic, she is also a Senior Fellow at Yale University's Jackson School of Global Affairs and a former UN consultant on human rights and transitional justice.

Over more than three decades, she has documented conflicts across the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa, and is the author of eight acclaimed books, including The Morning They Came for Us and The Vanishing.

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Sevgil Musaieva

Editor-in-Chief, Ukrainska Pravda

Sevgil Musaieva is the Editor-in-Chief of Ukrainska Pravda, Ukraine's leading independent media outlet and a global symbol of journalistic integrity during wartime. Since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, she has led uninterrupted frontline reporting, launched the outlet's English-language edition, and strengthened its role as a platform of resistance and accountability. Under her leadership, journalists report from front lines, occupied territories, and war crimes investigations, with a focus on human impact over statistics. A Nieman Fellow at Harvard, six-time Presszvanie Award recipient, and co-author of a book on Mustafa Dzhemilev, she was named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2022 and received CPJ's International Press Freedom Award.

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Peter Pomerantsev

Executive Editor, The Reckoning Project

Peter Pomerantsev is an award-winning author specializing in the relationship between propaganda, culture, and society. He is a Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where he co-directs the Arena Initiative, a research project dedicated to overcoming the challenges of digital era disinformation and polarization. Pomerantsev also is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4, and previously worked as a TV documentary director and producer for Discovery, the BBC, and others.

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Kip Hale

Chief of Staff, The Reckoning Project

Christopher "Kip" Hale is a leading expert in atrocity-crimes investigations, with extensive experience for the UN and NGOs across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. He previously served as Chief of Staff for the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine, Investigation Team Leader at the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, and prosecutor at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, as well as working at the ICTY in The Hague. A published author in outlets such as Foreign Affairs and Just Security, Hale also serves on advisory councils for the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative and the Global Institute for the Prevention of Aggression.

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Roman Avramenko

Director of Research

Roman Avramenko is an expert in documenting international crimes, with over a decade of experience supporting international and domestic accountability efforts. Since 2014, he has conducted more than 70 field missions documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine and other conflict settings, and is a co-founder and former Executive Director of Truth Hounds. He has trained hundreds of human rights defenders and prosecutors across multiple regions, and previously served as Access to Justice Lead at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative in Ukraine. In 2025, he joined The Reckoning Project as Director of Research, advancing evidence-based accountability efforts.

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Maksimas Milta

Ukraine Director, The Reckoning Project (Moderator)

Maksimas Milta is a Kyiv-based democracy and foreign policy expert with 12 years of experience in civil society and accountability work. He oversees The Reckoning Project's operations in Ukraine and manages government and international partnerships. Previously, he held senior roles at the European Humanities University, advancing communications, government relations, and universal jurisdiction efforts. A frequent commentator on Eastern Europe, he has taught courses on the region, hosted an award-winning documentary series, and holds master's degrees from Yale and Vilnius University.

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