Legal Aspects of the Attack on Ukraine
Legal Aspects of the Attack on Ukraine

Author(s): Szymon Zaręba
Subject(s): Politics, Criminal Law, International Law, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies, Russian Aggression against Ukraine
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Ukraine; Russia; war; legal aspects; aggression;
Summary/Abstract: Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, carried out with the support of Belarus, is a violation of the norms of international law that form the basis of the international order shaped after the Second World War. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s justifications of the attack are legally questionable and contradictory to facts. There are also violations of humanitarian law being committed in the course of the hostilities, especially concerning the protection of civilians. The aim of the international community should be to stop the aggression and hold accountable states and individuals responsible for these violations.

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