Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine was a defining moment for international law and its ability to maintain international peace and security. This book highlights the principles, methods, and systems in place to regulate peaceful relations between states, and the implications the war in Ukraine has had on their relevance in the changing geopolitical world.
Bringing together leading experts on international law, including key Ukrainian voices, the book explores the strengths and weaknesses in international law which have been exposed by Russia's invasion. The UN has stated that the war has catastrophic effects for international security and human rights. The book explores these statements, drawing on varied aspects of international law to determine lessons to be learned from the Ukraine conflict. It also explores how international law has had to adapt to tackle the challenges which have arisen. The book asks, has the conflict challenged the theory and fundamental values of international law? Have there been any new legal developments, prompted by the war, which could be applied to future conflicts? Through these timely questions, the book re-evaluates the changing landscape of international law.
The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of international law, the use of force, humanitarian law, criminal law, refugee law and human rights law.
This book highlights the principles, methods and systems in place to regulate peaceful relations between states, and the implications the war in Ukraine has had on their relevance in the changing geopolitical world. It will be of interest to scholars of international law, humanitarian law, criminal law, refugee law and human rights law.
1. Introduction
2. Constitutional Rights Defence in Wartime Ukraine
3. Sanctions, Countermeasures, and Responding to Russias Invasion of Ukraine
4. National Mechanisms for Countering Russian Aggression in Ukraine: The
Experience of Great Britain, Germany and Poland
5. Accountability for International Crimes in Ukraine: A View from The Hague
6. International Legal Cooperation in the Investigation of War Crimes:
Challenges, Gaps and Directions for Improvement
7. Corporate Criminal Accountability for International Crimes in the Context
of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine
8. Urgent Interim Reparations in Ukraine: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual
Violence
9. Double Standards in International Criminal Law after the Ukraine Moment:
Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
10. Towards Resilience, Security and Recovery: Reshaping Post-War
Enivronmental Legal Frameworks
11. Executing the Right to Education During the War: The Case of Ukraine
Jennifer Giblin is Associate Head of the School of Law and Criminal Justice. Jennifers general research interests lie in the fields of international peace and security, United Nations peacekeeping/peace operations and post-conflict situations. With a background in international law, Jennifers research on peacekeeping is interdisciplinary, drawing on perspectives from law, peace and conflict studies and international relations. She is the lead liaison between Edge Hill University and Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, leading on UUKi funded twinning projects, research collaborations and overseeing the implementation of a dual degree masters programme.
Olena Chub, Ph.D. (Law), Associate Professor, Constitutional Law Department, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Justice & Human Rights, School of Law and Criminal Justice, Edge Hill University (March-August 2023). Researchers at Risk Fellowship awardee, the British Academy, Council for At-Risk Academics. Visiting Associate Professor, University of Bristol Law School, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Patrick Butchard is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Edge Hill University, and the Director of the International Justice and Human Rights Centre there. He is also the International Law Researcher at the House of Commons Library, UK Parliament, where he undertakes confidential research enquiries for Members of Parliament and publishes Commons Library Briefing Papers on topical issues relevant to Parliaments work. He is the research specialist for international law, treaties, and sanctions (including the UKs sanctions framework).
Oksana Senatorova PhD, a founder and Director of the NGO "Centre for International Humanitarian Law and Transitional Justice" (CIHLTJ), Director of Research Centre for Transitional Justice (RCTJ) and an Associate Professor of the International Law Department at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, and Associate Professor at NaUKMA. She has almost 20 years of experience as a lecturer of international law, IHL, ICL, Human Rights and Transitional Justice courses in Ukraine and abroad. She defended her PhD "Procedural Aspects of the Activities of International Criminal Courts" in 2005.
