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Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 18 October ‘22

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

A residential building in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. © podrobno.uz

Russians Flock to Central Asia

Fears of price rises, unemployment and accommodation shortages as hundreds of thousands seek to avoid military service.

Ekaterine Marikashvili, a sergeant and a senior sapper of the EOD group. © Photo courtesy of E. Marikashvili

Georgia: Women in the Army

“When I put on my uniform for the first time, I felt so strong and proud.”

Babies from the Regional Orphanage 3 in the city of Kharkiv being evacuated to the west of the country. © Kostiantyn Zemlianskyi, Executive Director of the Kharkiv Regional Orphanage 3.

How War Trapped Ukrainian Orphans

More than 100,000 children in Ukraine live in the care system, the highest number in Europe.

On October 6, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, French President Emmanuel Macron, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, and EU Council President Charles Michel met in Prague on the side of the inaugural summit of the European Political Community. © The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia website, https://www.primeminister.am/

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Armenia-Azerbaijan: Pursuing an Elusive Peace

After a recent flurry of diplomacy, Yerevan and Baku seem closer than ever to attaining normalisation.

An half destroyed building in Bashtanka, a town of 12,000 in Mykolaiv region. In March Russian troops faced fierce resistance from the local population and were pushed out but the town bears the wounds of hard shelling. © IWPR/Anastasia Rokytna

Resistance and Destruction in Mykolaiv Region

The Ukrainian counter-offensive has regained swathes of territory, but towns are devastated following savage bombardment.

Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya speaks during a United Nations General Assembly special session at the United Nations headquarters on October 10, 2022 in New York City. © Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

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Can Russia’s UN Veto be Removed?

Ukraine is exploring creative ways to deprive Russia of its power within the security council.

Emergency service personnel attend to the site of a blast on October 10, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Explosions came shortly after 8:00 local time, were the largest such attacks in the capital in months. © Ed Ram/Getty Images

Ukraine’s Legislative Challenge

International standards, principles and provisions need to be incorporated - and fast - for effective war crimes prosecutions.

Ukraine Justice Briefing

Tuesday, 11 October ‘22

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

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

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Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

Harsh Victory at Position X

Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years.

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.

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Tuesday, 18 October ‘22

Russians Flock to Central Asia

Georgia: Women in the Army

How War Trapped Ukrainian Orphans

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Pursuing an Elusive Peace

Resistance and Destruction in Mykolaiv Region

Can Russia’s UN Veto be Removed?

Ukraine’s Legislative Challenge

Tuesday, 11 October ‘22

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Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Harsh Victory at Position X

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Interview: The War on Disinformation

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