Flags of newly slain Ukrainian soldiers fly next to the graves of previously fallen troops in a cemetery on May 21, 2022 on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Flags of newly slain Ukrainian soldiers fly next to the graves of previously fallen troops in a cemetery on May 21, 2022 on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine. © John Moore/Getty Images

Ukraine Justice Report - Issue 3

16 August 2022

IWPR's Frontline Updates – unique insights from our network of local reporters and updates from our programmes.

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IWPR’s weekly Ukraine Justice Report provides an overview of key events and links to essential reading from Ukrainian and international reports alongside dedicated IWPR reporting and analysis.

Workers placing a body of one of the unidentified persons who were killed during the Russian occupation of Bucha into a coffin on August 11, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine.
Workers placing a body of one of the unidentified persons who were killed during the Russian occupation of Bucha into a coffin on August 11, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. © Alexey Furman/Getty Images
COMMENT

Ukraine is a Turning Point for International Justice

World must learn lessons from previous processes to ensure accountability – or risk facilitating future conflicts.

By Sir Geoffrey Nice

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UKRAINE JUSTICE BRIEFING

Tuesday, 16 August ‘22

This week’s overview of key events and links to essential reading.

•  Countries File Declarations of Intervention to ICJ
•  German Police to Gather War Crimes Evidence
•  Ukraine Appeals for Help Prosecuting Specific Cases
•  Ukraine to Update Legislation on Collaboration
•  Treason Prosecutions on the Rise
•  Three Separatist Volunteers get 15 Years in Prison
•  De Facto Court Hearing for Five Foreign Ukraine Volunteers 

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An abandoned house destroyed by Russian missiles in Bakhmut, Ukraine.
An abandoned house destroyed by Russian missiles in Bakhmut, Ukraine. © Scott Olson/Getty Images
INTERVIEW

Deportation is a War Crime

With some 1.5 million Ukrainians already expelled to Russia, legal experts weigh options for prosecution.
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Police and military personnel stand in front of a residential apartment complex that was heavily damaged by a Russian attack on March 18, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Police and military personnel stand in front of a residential apartment complex that was heavily damaged by a Russian attack on March 18, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images
COMMENT

How Amnesty Got it Wrong

Organisation allowed fog of war to obscure legal context of active conflict.
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