by Brianne McGonigle Leyh | Jul 13, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Documentation and Investigation Responses to Serious International Crimes The armed conflict in Ukraine dates to 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea. Since that time, a number of important documentation and investigation efforts began, both...
by Françoise Hampson | Jul 5, 2022
How Human Rights Law Bodies Handle Situations of Armed Conflict and Human Rights Law This is the second of two posts dealing with aspects of the relationship between the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and Human Rights Law (HRsL). HRsL bodies have long dealt with cases...
by Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne | Apr 27, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Litigating Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Since the commencement of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the end of February, different international courts and tribunals have been engaged as means to invoke international responsibility for the...
by Diane Marie Amann | Mar 18, 2022
Time for a New War Crimes Commission? The shock of invasion remains fresh and raw. And yet it must cede room for new shocks, for the quotidian tremors caused by reports that Russian troops have shelled homes and maternity hospitals, dropped cluster bombs on schools,...
by Michael Kelly | Mar 17, 2022
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...
