Annexation

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, and states’ reactions to it, are setting the stage for possible changes to the international legal order. In the end, this is a battle for a…

Існують різні переломні точки в історії, які визначили метаморфозу міжнародного правопорядку.

We may be effectively reverting, at least temporarily, to an era of imperial rule. But history has demonstrated that international law has a long memory. Lawyers and historians…

Reconstructing Ukraine after the war will require careful attention to matters of transitional justice and economic reintegration.

A focus on the remedies that the International Court of Justice may order in its advisory opinion on Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the…

Analysis of the current Israeli government's new policy toward the West Bank, and responsibilities of the international community.

Three indicators can show a change in the legal status of a territory, demonstrating de jure annexation, even without a formal declaration. Under this test, Israel is presently…

Кожного дня, коли Україна виганяє російські війська з незаконно окупованої української території,…

To say Russia has “annexed” a Ukrainian oblast while Ukraine maintains its territorial claim is, in a minor way, to aid Russia in its wrongful act. The clearest description…

Президент Росії Володимир Путін погрожує застосувати ядерну зброю для досягнення перемоги над…

The risk cannot be dismissed, but giving in to his threats in his war on Ukraine would create a precedent that he likely would use elsewhere.

"There is simply no legal route through which a referendum can take place unilaterally without the consent of the territorial state."