“Who pays for the terrible destruction wrought by war?” write Maggie Mills, Thomas Poston, and Oona Hathaway, in the first article in our series on reparations for Russia’s war against Ukraine, published today. Forthcoming articles will grapple with the complexities of this question, including what international law requires in making reparations, and what limits it places on the means of doing so.
What constraints, for example, does the doctrine of sovereign immunity pose on seizure of Russian assets – and what avenues remain open? How are different jurisdictions approaching reparations under national or regional law, and how do (or don’t) those frameworks track with international law? Other pieces will provide updates on the international claims commission on Ukraine and proposals for how the doctrine of collective countermeasures might be used in the reparations context. Across these topics, the series will feature leading international law scholars, including Ukrainian voices and critical perspectives.
Articles will be listed here as they are published:
- How to Make Russia Pay to Rebuild Ukraine by Maggie Mills, Thomas Poston, and Oona Hathaway
- Decisions Without Enforcement: Ukrainian Judiciary and Compensation for War Damages by Ivan Horodyskyy
- Sovereign Immunity and Reparations in Ukraine by Chimène Keitner
- Reparations for Ukraine: Three Proposals from Europe by Philippa Webb
- Canada’s Special Economic Measures Act Under International Law by Preston Lim
- Transferring Russian Assets to Compensate Ukraine: Some Reflections on Countermeasures by Federica Paddeu
- Past Time to Liquidate Russian Assets by Harold Hongju Koh