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A man walks in front of a destroyed building
17 March 2022 by Molly Quell and Thierry Cruvellier
The International Court of Justice orders Russia to stop its invasion of Ukraine The International Court of Justice sent a strong message to Moscow on Wednesday, telling the Russian Federation to stop the war and cease military activities in Ukraine. It did it through an overwhelming 13-2 decision. However, th [...]
Someone is pointing at something. In the background, weapon impacts in a wall.
15 March 2022 by Thierry Cruvellier
ICC/Georgia: “Because of Ukraine everything changed” Nika Jeiranashvili has spent years lobbying the International Criminal Court to open an investigation and issue indictments regarding crimes committed during Russia’s armed intervention in Georgia in 2008. It was all in vain until [...]
Protesters hold a banner that reads
11 March 2022 by Thierry Cruvellier
Wayne Jordash: “It all comes down to show that Ukraine has the law on its side” International criminal lawyer Wayne Jordash has been working in Ukraine since 2015, including with national prosecutors in charge of war crimes in Crimea and Donbass. After fleeing his home in Kyiv he is now in the Western part of [...]
Oral debate at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) upon Ukraine's request
8 March 2022 by Molly Quell
Justice in Ukraine: the UN Court is facing the Russian invasion Russia refused to appear during Monday’s emergency proceedings before the International Court of Justice in The Hague while Ukraine argued Moscow was violating the 1948 United Nations Convention on Genocide and asked the court to [...]
Protesters wrapped in Ukrainian flags march through the streets of central Kharkiv
3 March 2022 by 66 civil society organisations signatories
ICC: civil society from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and beyond calls for more resources for the investigation in Ukraine In this urgent appeal, which Justice Info has decided to relay, civil society organisations from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus and their international partners welcome the launch of the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigati [...]
Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech in Ukraine
1 March 2022 by Franck Petit
What justice options for Ukraine faced with Russia’s invasion? Two days after the outbreak of the Russian attack, Ukraine has seized the International Court of Justice. But what can international law do to sanction the aggression of one state against another in the 21st century? Interview wit [...]
MH17 airplane
22 February 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Russia vs Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights Did Russia have territorial control of eastern Ukraine when Flight MH17 was shot down in 2014? This was one of the hot issues discussed this January at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in a case brought by Ukraine and the [...]
7 March 2019 by Alexander Prezanti and Simon Papuashvili
Putting an end to ICC inertia on Ukraine On March 6, Simon Papuashvili of the International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and Alexandre Prezanti of Global Diligence LLP filed their fourth communication to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in [...]
8 March 2017 by Stéphanie Maupas, correspondent in The Hague
Ukraine accuses Russia of terrorism at the International Court of Justice Ukraine and Russia are this week facing off against each other before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. Kiev accuses Moscow of violating two international Conventions, one on funding terrorism and one on the e [...]
17 October 2016 by Ilya Nuzov
Transitional Justice in Ukraine: Reconciliation or Reconsolidation of Post-Communist Trauma? Shortly after the 2014 Maidan Revolution, during an international armed conflict with Russia in the East of the country, Ukraine adopted a package of four Decommunization Laws addressing its Soviet history. Largely a product of po [...]
9 September 2015 by Julia Crawford, JusticeInfo.Net
Ukraine gives ICC green light to probe alleged crimes in the East The Ukrainian government on Tuesday gave a green light to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate crimes committed on its territory since February 20, 2014, notably in the east of the country where some 8,000 people [...]