Articles
Interrogation under Article 225 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine: Expectations vs Reality
The available justice tools and the process of handling criminal proceedings acquire new features when applied in practice in the context of investigating the consequences of armed conflict in Ukraine. ULAG lawyers, representing the interests of victims of war crimes, are able to explore practical challenges and identify problems that arise in the course of […]
Articles
Crimes Against Humanity: Prospects for the Classifying the Consequences of the War in Ukraine
The wide-ranging consequences of the armed conflict on the territory of Ukraine since 2014 continue to raise numerous questions about how best to assess them through the lens of justice processes. War crimes have remained the primary avenue for the legal classification of such acts at the national level. At the same time, the International […]
Articles
Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: A Conviction Case and the Realities of Investigation
Introduction Twelve years of imprisonment for a Russian army soldier and 500,000 UAH in moral damages awarded to a survivor of conflict-related sexual violence. This was the outcome of one of the cases concerning conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), where the victim’s interests were represented by ULAG advocate. Despite significant attention to such crimes in recent […]
Articles
A systematic response to the CRSV: Insights and Recommendations
By Kateryna Ilikchiieva and Kate Levine The existing mechanisms for restoring the rights of CRSV survivors are imperfect. They require significant changes at both the national and international levels. Changes are required in policy, legislation, and practice. At the policy level, it is necessary to recognise CRSV as a social phenomenon that frequently arises during […]
Articles
International mechanisms for restoring the rights and interests of survivors
By Kateryna IIlikchiieva and Kate Levine Universal jurisdiction Grave international crimes, a category which includes CRSV, can be investigated by countries even if the crime was not committed on their territory or by their citizens. Such investigations are possible under the principle of universal jurisdiction (UJ) and provided that the country has incorporated this procedure […]
Articles
Domestic measures for addressing “conflict-related sexual violence” (CRSV) in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
By Kateryna Ilikchiieva and Kate Levine A significant number of cases of torture, including incidents of sexual violence, were documented in Ukraine even before the full-scale invasion, starting with the occupation of parts of Ukraine’s territories in 2014. Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine has further highlighted the use of sexual violence as a method of […]
