International Law After the Ukraine War

1. Introduction

Jennifer Giblin

2. Constitutional Rights’ Defence in Wartime Ukraine

Olena Chub

3. Sanctions, Countermeasures, and Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Patrick Butchard

4. National Mechanisms for Countering Russian Aggression in Ukraine: The Experience of Great Britain, Germany and Poland

Kristina Trykhlib and Mykola Saltanov

5. Accountability for International Crimes in Ukraine: A View from The Hague

Iva Vukušić

6. International Legal Cooperation in the Investigation of War Crimes: Challenges, Gaps and Directions for Improvement 

Iryna Krytska and Kateryna Latysh

7. Corporate Criminal Accountability for International Crimes in the Context of Russian Aggression Against Ukraine

Kateryna Buriakovska

8. Urgent Interim Reparations in Ukraine: Addressing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

Yulia Ioffe

9. Double Standards in International Criminal Law after the ‘Ukraine Moment’: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? 

Patryk I. Labuda

10. Towards Resilience, Security, and Recovery: Reshaping Post-War Enivronmental Legal Frameworks 

Ievgeniia Kopytsia

11. Executing the Right to Education During the War: The Case of Ukraine

Anzhela Stashchak, Oleksandr Kryvenko and Yana Sydorenko

Biography

Jennifer Giblin is Associate Head of the School of Law and Criminal Justice at Edge Hill University. Jennifer’s 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, Jennifer’s 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 Universities UK International (UUKi)-funded twinning projects, research collaborations and overseeing the implementation of a dual-degree master's programme.

Olena Chub, PhD in Law, is Associate Professor at the Constitutional Law Department, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine and Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Bristol Law School, the British Academy and Cara Researchers at Risk Fellowship awardee. In 2023, Olena was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Justice and Human Rights at the School of Law and Criminal Justice, Edge Hill University and has been jointly coordinating twinning projects between NLU and EHU. Olena's research on human rights protection at national and international levels focuses on socio-legal aspects of constitutional and international law.

Patrick Butchard is 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 Parliament’s work. He is the research specialist for international law, treaties, and sanctions (including the UK’s sanctions framework).

Oksana Senatorova, PhD, is a founder and Director of the non-governmental organisation Centre for International Humanitarian Law and Transitional Justice (CIHLTJ), Director of Research Centre for Transitional Justice (RCTJ), Associate Professor in 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. In 2005 she defended her PhD titled Procedural Aspects of the Activities of International Criminal Courts.