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

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

Reintegration of Newly Liberated Territories

• Planning for Ukrainian Reintegration by Ronald A. Brand

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)