Ukraine’s Legal Counterattack
by Michael Kelly | Mar 17, 2022 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, State Responsibility, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine’s Legal Counterattack Beyond its endurance on the battlefield, Ukraine has launched a legal counterattack against Russia in the courts. The normally slow-moving, process-heavy gears of international justice are now moving at relative lightspeed in response to...
Law Applicable to Persons Fleeing Armed Conflicts
by Julia Grignon | Mar 15, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Humanitarian Protection, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Law Applicable to Persons Fleeing Armed Conflicts As early as February 23rd, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, estimated that 5 million people may flee if hostilities erupted in Ukraine. As of March 13th, less than three...
Status of Foreign Fighters in the Ukrainian Legion
by Petra Ditrichová, Veronika Bílková | Mar 15, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Detention, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Status of Foreign Fighters in the Ukrainian Legion Among other new resistance groups, Ukraine has formed an International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine (UKR Legion). There are reports that its members come from all over the world, including Canada, Japan, the...
Fact-Finding in Ukraine: Can Anything Be Learned from Yemen?
by Charles Garraway | Mar 14, 2022 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Fact-Finding in Ukraine: Can Anything Be Learned from Yemen? On 4 March 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council voted to establish a Commission of Inquiry to investigate “all alleged violations and abuses of human rights and violations of international...
The Russia-Ukraine War and the Space Domain
by Timothy Goines, Jeffrey Biller, Jeremy Grunert | Mar 14, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Law of Armed Conflict, Space Law, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
The Russia-Ukraine War and the Space Domain As demonstrated by this symposium, every domain of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War presents critical legal questions. This post focuses on the potential consequences of the war on the space domain. Although Russia continues...