The International Court of Justice On Wednesday, March 16th, backed by an overwhelming majority ruling of thirteen votes to two, The International Court of Justice—the judicial arm of The United Nations situated at The...
In its case Ukraine vs Russia, Ukraine requested the International court of Justice (ICJ) to intervene in the ongoing war with Russia, seeking to “immediately suspend Russian military operations”. Kyiv submitted the case...
On 7 March, the ICJ started examining examine Ukraine’s lawsuit against the Russian Federation over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022 – the case concerning ‘Allegations of Genocide...
The largest number of Ukrainian lawsuits against Russia are filed in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). According to the official website of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the country has lodged there two actions for human...
What Ukraine demands Two groups of Ukrainian accusations and demands to Russia regarding terrorism in Donbas and discrimination in occupied Crimea correspond to two UN conventions against the financing of terrorism and against racial...
Is the conflict domestic or international? In December 2018, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Ukraine-related part of their “Report on Preliminary Examination Activities” has repeated the...
The 2015 attack on Mariupol The 24 January 2015 rocket bombardment was another attempt by the Russian-hybrid forces to capture the strategic maritime city of Mariupol of almost 500,000 people. The attackers used the long-range Grad and...
On Wednesday, April 19, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ top court, issued its first interim ruling in the Ukraine vs. Russia case — the judgment on provisional measures. This document left many...
Last week Kyiv began its fight in the courts. Ukrainians and Russians faced each other at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, where Ukraine is accusing Russia of violating the International Convention for the...
On 8 March, the Ukrainian representatives took the floor once again in the International Criminal Court in The Hague to answer Russia’s legal arguments and rebuttals to Ukraine’s accusations of funding terrorism and...
Putin’s goals and philosophy Sławomir Sierakowski: What is Putin’s ultimate goal in this war? Timothy Snyder: That’s no big secret: to destroy Ukraine as a state and exterminate Ukrainians as a nation. I’d...
