The United States plans to ask the UN General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, the Reuters news agency reported.
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday that Biden would push to make sure Putin pays the price for war crimes being committed in Ukraine.
He said the United States would consult with its allies about that accountability, which could happen in the International Criminal Court or another venue, Reuters reported.
"The ICC is one venue where war crimes have been tried in the past, but there have been other examples in other conflicts where other mechanisms have been set up," Sullivan told a news conference on Monday.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council is on Tuesday set to debate mounting evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, Britain's UN envoy has announced.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday called for the establishment of an international committee to investigate what he called the crime of genocide committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for an investigation into civilian deaths in Bucha, a town abandoned by Russian forces outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said last month that prosecutors in Poland had collected more than 300 witness statements as part of an ongoing investigation into war crimes committed by the Russian invaders of Ukraine.
Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau told the United Nations in early March that Russia's authorities were showing contempt for human rights in their assault on Ukraine and its people.
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Source: IAR, PAP, Reuters