Symposium: International Law in Ukraine – The View from Lviv

Just Security is pleased to host a Symposium, International Law in the Face of Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine: The View from Lviv.

The Symposium, edited by Kateryna Busol, Olga Butkevych, Michael Cooper, Rebecca Hamilton, Gregory Shaffer, and Svitlana Starosvit, was launched Feb. 24, 2024, the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It builds on a 2023 convening of international and Ukrainian law experts in Lviv, Ukraine, organized by the Ukrainian Association of International Law and the American Society of International Law, in collaboration with other key stakeholders including the Ukrainian Bar Association.

We encourage you to begin with the article launching the series, co-authored by three of the Symposium editors, Olga Butkevych, Rebecca Hamilton, and Gregory Shaffer, and then explore the other articles, which will be updated here as they are published:

Introducing the Symposium

• International Law in the Face of Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine: The View from Lviv by Olga Butkevych, Rebecca Hamilton and Gregory Shaffer
• The Just Security Podcast: International Law in the Face of Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine: The View from Lviv by Kateryna Busol, Olga Butkevych, Rebecca Hamilton, Gregory Shaffer and Paras Shah

Keynotes

• Where is the International Law We Believed In Ukraine? by Harold Hongju Koh

Topical Articles

Vindicating Rights

• A Legal and Moral Victory for Ukraine: Vindicating Ukraine’s Legal Rights Before the International Court of Justice by Ambassador Anton Korynevych and Marney Cheek

Sovereign Immunity in the Face of Aggression and Atrocity

• Decisions Without Enforcement: Ukrainian Judiciary and Compensation for War Damages by Ivan Horodyskyy

International Crimes Across an Emerging Accountability Ecosystem

• Justice in Ukraine Requires Using All Tools in the Accountability Ecosystem by Fabricio Guariglia

The Role of Sanctions in Moderating Russian Federation Behavior

• Sanctions Against Russia: The Coalition Can Do Better – for Ukraine and Global Order by Anna Tkachova

Accountability for the Leadership Crime of Aggression

• Prosecuting the Crime of Aggression in Ukraine and Beyond: Seizing Opportunities, Confronting Challenges and Avoiding False Dilemmas by Taras Leshkovych and Patryk I. Labuda

Filtration, Forcible Transfer, and Mass Scale Arbitrary Detention

• Deportation, Detention, and Other Crimes: In Ukraine, the Past and Present of International Criminal Law Converge by Andrew Boyle

Compensation

• The Register of Damages for Ukraine Opens for Claims Submissions by Chiara Giorgetti

Law and Development in Ukraine

• Looking Ahead from Lviv: Sustainable Development in a Post-Conflict Ukraine by Lucinda A. Low

Reintegration of Newly Liberated Territories

• Planning for Ukrainian Reintegration by Ronald A. Brand
• Ukraine’s Approach to Russian ‘Passportization’ Requires Balancing National Security and Individual Rights by Olga Poiedynok

Return, Post-War Migration, and Inclusion

• Women Are at the Center of Ukraine’s Path to Justice and Recovery by Kateryna Busol and Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
• Amid Russia’s Aggression Towards Ukraine, Can Religious Freedom Endure? by Yuliia Fysun

Civil Compensation 

• Making Russia Pay to Strengthen Ukraine by Svitlana Starosvit

Democratic Reconstruction

• Corruption in Ukraine: Myths and Reality by Mykola Stetsenko

IMAGE: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. (Photo by YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP) (Photo by YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP via Getty Images)