The District Court of The Hague that is hearing the case of the downing of the airliner MH17 has finished another stage of the trial. in late June, the defense of one of four defendants, Russian retired Lieut. Col. Oleg Pulatov, presented...
Just as some leaders seek to distract attention from their old lies by telling new ones, so the Putin regime regularly commits new crimes so that those who are investigating old ones are often viewed as cranks concerned about what some...
For many, the coronavirus pandemic and the economic turmoil that has led to the collapse of the ruble are the most important events of this week. They are certainly attracting more attention. But for Vladimir Putin, the hearings at the...
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...
On 7 March 2017, representatives of Russia were given the floor to answer Ukraine’s accusations of funding terrorism and discriminating against Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars in the International Court of Justice, the UN’s...
Over 6-9 March 2017, the International Court of Justice will hold hearings on a case where Ukraine accuses Russia of funding terrorism in Ukraine and racial discrimination in Crimea (full text here). In the first day of the...
On 6 March 2017, the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, started holding hearings in Ukraine’s case against Russia concerning the Application of the International Convention for the...
Why have so many litigations been initiated and how could it all end for Ukraine? When can we expect the first court decisions? Not very soon, as cases submitted to international courts take years. For example, in March 2007, Georgia filed...
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...
