Category Archives: Ukraine
Ukraine’s allies can and should find a way to seize repurpose Russian assets to fund reparations
Pass through Toronto Pearson airport and you might spot a tired looking plane on the tarmac. No, it’s not another delayed Air Canada flight. The aircraft is the Russian-registered Volga-Dnepr, seized by Canadian authorities in February 2022. That plane is now likely … Continue reading →
New Article Alert: ‘Global South’ Voices Are Muted in Debates over the Crime of Aggression: What Three Books on Illegal War Tell Us About Why
Dear readers, I wanted to share with you a new article published at the International Journal of Transitional Justice earlier this year: “‘Global South’ Voices Are Muted in Debates over the Crime of Aggression: What Three Books on Illegal War … Continue reading →
A view from Ukraine: Models for a Future International Tribunal for Russian AggressionA view from Ukraine:
The following guest post was written by Volodymyr Pylypenko. Volodymyr holds a PhD in Law and is an Associate Professor in the International Relations Department of Lviv University of Business and Law, Ukraine. His previous post for JiC, ‘The View from Ukraine: Why a New … Continue reading →
The National Hockey League and its Biggest Russian Star is Sports-Washing Putin’s War Crimes
The National Hockey League (NHL) has a war crimes problem. The NHL’s official Instagram account regularly highlights Alexander Ovechkin, one of hockey’s premier stars. Click on the NHL’s stories and you can access Ovechkin’s own account, where he regularly shares … Continue reading →
Why did the International Criminal Court focus on the transfer and deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia?
In the days since the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced it was charging Vladimir Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova with the war crimes of unlawfully deporting children and transferring them from Ukraine to Russia, many have asked: why did the … Continue reading →
After One Year, We Can Fully See the Gendered Costs of the Ukraine War
Gwen Battis joins JiC for this guest post on the gendered costs of Russia’s invasion and the war in Ukraine. Gwen is a graduate student at the University of Denver studying International and Intercultural Communication. It has been one year since … Continue reading →
A War Crime Coalition: Russia’s Iranian and Chinese Drones Target Ukrainian Civilians
Paula Knack joins JiC for this guest post on Russia’s drone warfare in Ukraine. Paula was a former Legal Advisor of the Philippine Embassy and former Assistant Secretary of the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources. She holds masters … Continue reading →
The View from Ukraine: Why a New International Criminal Tribunal to Prosecute Russian Aggression is Needed
The following guest-post arguing for a special tribunal to prosecute Russian aggression in Ukraine was written by Volodymyr Pylypenko. Volodymyr holds a PhD in Law and is an Associate Professor in the International Relations Department of Lviv University of Business and Law, … Continue reading →
Ukraine can and should investigate its own military’s war crimes
While nowhere near the scale of the Russian atrocities, there is mounting evidence that Ukrainian forces have committed war crimes over the course of the Ukraine-Russia war. The allegations, and the evidence supporting them, won’t go away. What matters now … Continue reading →
Universal Jurisdiction in Ukraine: States should commit to using their own courts to address Russian atrocities
A version of the following article was originally written for the The Global Parliamentary Alliance Against Atrocity Crimes (GPAAAC), an international network of parliamentarians and experts working to ensure democracies act more forcefully in preventing and responding to mass atrocity … Continue reading →
