Universal Jurisdiction and International Crimes, Committed by Aggressor
The current challenges of the legal response to international crimes of persons under the control of the Russian aggressor have exacerbated the issue of the application of mechanisms of universal jurisdiction in the global legal…
Protection Mechanisms for Persons, Deprived of Their Freedom as Result of Russian Aggression
The current conditions of criminal Russian aggression as an interstate conflict unprecedented in the history of the world, which began with the occupation of the Crimea and is accompanied by the aggressor’s numerous war crimes,…
Floating Mines and Aggressor’s Responsibility for Uncontrolled Maritime War
On March 7, 2024, a drifting sea mine was discovered off the Romanian coast. This is the sixth mine discovered near the coast of Ukraine’s southern neighbor since the full-scale invasion [1]. Mines continue to…
Aggression, Propaganda and Occupied Territories: Framework of Genocide Qualification
The occupation of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk, and then large-scale Russian aggression, aggravated the relevance of international criminal law, including the implementation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide…
International Criminal Organizations, State Armed Structures and Occupied Territories
Humanity has more than once witnessed, how states colluded with criminal structures or with individual criminals in order to achieve their goals. However, the 21st century has dramatically aggravated this problem, as a result of…
New System of Bilateral Security Agreements and De-Occupation of Crimea
At the beginning of 2024, Ukraine, in the person of President Volodymyr Zelensky, concluded a series of agreements on cooperation in the field of security at the highest level; On January 12, a corresponding agreement…
Danube, Crimea, Eurointegration and Russian Naval Aggression
In February, 2024 our Associaiton’s expert Professor Borys Babin, published an essay “Danube, eurointegration and Russian naval aggression” in “Baltic Rim Economies” platform as is a discussion forum that deals with the development and topical…
Fake “Elections” and Usage of “Budget Funds” in Occupied Territory
As history shows, authoritarian regimes regularly resort to changing “election legislation” on the eve of elections. But the purpose of such changes is not the implementation of the principle of “convenience and security”, as is…
Reintegration of Crimea in New Presidential and Government Acts of Ukraine
As we wrote earlier, the issue of regulatory support for the de-occupation and reintegration of the Crimea has recently become a key topic for the activities of the Ukrainian parliament, despite the fact that the…