Sergey Sayapin and Evhen Tsybulenko (eds.)

The Situation in Ukraine since 2014: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, jus post bellum

Foreword by Professor Leila Sadat

Preface by the Editors

Part One: Jus Ad Bellum

1. Miras Daulenov, The Legal Nature of States’ Obligations Towards Ukraine in the Context of Jus Contra Bellum

2. Bill Bowring, Who are the “Crimean People”? Russia’s “Legal Justification” for Annexation, the Fate of the Crimean Tatars, and Pandora’s Box

3. Valentina Azarova, Illegal Territorial Regimes: On the Operation of International Law in Crimea

4. Sabine Hassler and Noëlle Quénivet, Conferral of Nationality of the Kin State – Mission Creep?

5. Oleksandr Merezhko, International Legal Aspects of Russia’s War against Ukraine in Eastern Ukraine

6. Evhen Tsybulenko and J´moul A. Francis, Separatists or Russian Troops and Local Collaborators? Russian Aggression in Ukraine: The Problem of Definitions 

Part Two: Jus In Bello

7. Gergely Tóth, Legal Challenges Associated with Hybrid Warfare

8. Olga Butkevych, The Operation of Treaties and International Contracts in the Event of Armed Conflict: Problems Reopened by Russian Aggression against Ukraine

9. Ondrej Hamulak and Jozef Valuch, Cyber Attacks in the Ukrainian Conflict and the Role of International Law

10. Anastasia Frolova, Foreign Fighters in Russia’s War against Ukraine

11. Natalia Krestovska, Children and the Armed Conflict in Еastern Ukraine: International and National Legal Aspects

12. Evhen Tsybulenko and Bogdan Kelichavyi, The International Legal Dimensions of Russia’s Occupation of Crimea

13. Sergii Pakhomenko and Kateryna Tryma, Historical Memory as an Instrument of Information Warfare (in Terms of the Russian-Ukrainian War in Donbas)

14. Sergey Sayapin, An Alleged “Genocide of Russian-speaking Persons” in Eastern Ukraine: Some Observations on the “Hybrid” Application of International Criminal Law by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

Part Three: Jus Post Bellum

15. Gerhard Kemp and Igor Lyubashenko, The Promise and Pitfalls of Regional Reconciliation: Post-conflict Modalities in Critical Comparative Perspective

16. Beatrice Onica Jarka, Triggering the ICC's Jurisdiction over Alleged Crimes Committed Across Ukraine, Including in Crimea and the Donbas

17. Rustam Atadjanov, War Crimes Committed during the Armed Conflict in Ukraine: What Should the ICC Focus On?

18. Ioannis Tzivaras, Sexual Violence in War-torn Ukraine: A Challenge for International Criminal Justice

19. Katrin Merike Nyman-Metcalf, The Post-conflict Reconstruction of Trust in the Media

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