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Alba Grembi
| Aug 18, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Targeting
Stranded Seafarers Under International Humanitarian Law Introduction One of Ukraine’s first belligerent reactions to its invasion by the Russian Federation was closing its ports to international shipping—leaving 2000 seafarers stranded aboard 94 vessels in and around...
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Emily Crawford
| Jul 20, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict
Release, Repatriation, and Parole of POWs: Lessons from Recent Practice in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict The start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is famously connected to the events that took place on Snake Island. During the early stages of the invasion,...
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Marten Zwanenburg,
Arjen Vermeer
| Jul 19, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Transfers of POWs to Third States Introduction On 9 June 2023, media reported that Hungary received eleven Ukrainian Prisoners of War (POWs) from Russia. More than a week later, Reuters reported that three of these persons had been repatriated to...
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John C. Tramazzo
| Jun 23, 2023 | AoW Posts, Blog, Detention, Law of Armed Conflict
Sabotage in Law: Meaning and Misunderstandings On May 3, 2023, Russia accused Ukraine of attempting to “assassinate” President Vladimir Putin by launching two armed drones at the Kremlin in Moscow. Russia’s press service categorized the incident as a “planned...
