The invasion has also been called a crime of aggression under international criminal law, and under some countries' domestic criminal codes – including those of Ukraine and Russia – although procedural obstacles exist to prosecutions under these laws..
What is a violation of international humanitarian law in Ukraine?
Tragically, there have been myriad reports of international humanitarian law (IHL) violations in Russia's war in Ukraine, including widespread reports of attacks directed against civilians and civilian objects, torture, and mistreatment of prisoners of war..
Tajikistan is the country most affected by Ukraine's export restrictions. IFPRI data (see IFPRI tool, Food & Fertilizer Export Restrictions Tracker) show that 77.44 percent kilocalories (kcal) of Tajikistan's food imports have been affected by Ukraine's export restrictions.
Apr 3, 2023When Russia launched its aggressive war against Ukraine, it violated the prohibition on the use of force embodied in Article 2(4) of the United
An Illegal Invasion
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine violates Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, a central tenet of the charter that requires UN member states to refrain from the “use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” The suggestion by President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials that Russia’s use of force is justifie.
Russia’s Playbook
Russia’s actions appear to be a replay of its moves in Crimea in 2014, when it annexed Crimea after the region declared itself independent from Ukraine in a referendum. The United States and most European countries do not accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea and consider Russia to be unlawfully occupying part of Ukraine. Russia has not yet annexed .
International law is a set of rules and standardsthat governs relations between different countries. Countries jointly devel…
International law and ukraine war
Ongoing investigation opened in 2022
The International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine or the Situation in Ukraine is an ongoing investigation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed on any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person during the period starting from 21 November 2013 onwards, on an open-ended basis, covering the Revolution of Dignity, the Russo-Ukrainian War including the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, the war in Donbas and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ICC prosecutor commenced these investigations on 2 March 2022, after receiving referrals for the situation in Ukraine from 39 ICC State Parties.
2015 laws banning communist symbols
Ukrainian decommunization laws were passed in 2015, in the early stages of the Russo-Ukrainian War. These laws relate to decommunization as well as commemoration of Ukrainian history, and have been referred to as memory laws. They outlawed the public display of Soviet communist symbols and propaganda, equating it with Nazi/fascist symbols and propaganda.
The war in Donbas
2014–2022 war between Ukraine and Russia
The war in Donbas, or Donbas war is a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014 when armed Russian-backed separatists seized government buildings and the Ukrainian military launched an operation against them. It continued until it was subsumed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
