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Funding Ukraine’s Aid: New Challenges  

Introduction The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, is still ongoing, with reconstruction and recovery needs estimated at over 400 billion USD. Given these circumstances, the G7 states are searching for ways to fund Ukraine's reconstruction and redress for victims without Russia's consent, using frozen assets of the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) or alternative means. Due to political (elections period, armed conflict in Gaza) and financial (insufficient finds) considerations, the idea of shifting Ukraine’s assistance source from budgetary funds to using Russia’s frozen assets is of significant importance. Confiscation of Russian state assets: current development, legal grounds The G7 states have shifted their priorities from confiscation of the CBR assets. Experts have been divided into two camps: supporting appropriation and opposing such measures. The latter proposes to keep Russian state assets untouched, abstaining from investing them or exploiting assets in any other way. Lawyers, academics, and experts supporting confiscation write comprehensive papers and reports focusing on legal, political, and moral…

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Why education rights must finally be taken seriously: Exploring the perils of mnemonic indoctrination in Russia

The year 2023 in Russia can be descried as a new chapter in furthering control over the historical narratives being circulated in the public sphere. A new federal educational standard which prescribes the content of the history curriculum entered into force starting from 01 September 2023. Little it is known, than a widely discussed Russian history…

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Resurfacing Issues of the Arab League in Light of the Gaza War

In the complexities of the international fora and UN resolutions, regional organizations can fill in and complement the international organizations in preserving global peace and security. Article 52 of the UN Charter (1945) states that UN member states “shall make every effort to achieve pacific settlement of local disputes through such regional arrangements or by such regional agencies…

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Absent Kony, Absent Justice? Notes on the ICC’s Decision to Potentially Confirm Charges Against Kony In Absentia

With the deaths of Vincent Otti, Raska Lukwiya, and Okot Odhiambo and the conviction of Dominic Ongwen by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the only remaining leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) at large is its founder, Joseph Kony. Long-time followers of the ICC will remember its first-ever arrest warrants were issued…

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A Lot of Activity in the Inter-American Court

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been very active recently: from hearing a major case on domestic violence; to issuing an advisory opinion on LGBT rights in which it ruled, inter alia (and contrary to the European Court) that the American Convention…

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The Renegotiated “NAFTA”: What Is In It for Labor Rights?

On 1 October 2018, the draft text of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (Draft USMCA), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)’s successor, was published on the official website of the United States Trade Representative. The Agreement has still some way to go though, including extensive legal ‘scrubbing’ by national…

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IntLawGrrls Back Online

The IntLawGrrls blog is now back online, with a slightly different editorial structure and a new website (www.ilg2.org).  IntLawGrrls new editors (Cecilia Bailliet, Andrew Ewart, Sital Kalantry, Elizabeth Ludwin King, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, and Milena Sterio) invite everyone to check it out.

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Legality, Legitimacy, and Member State Cooperation in International Organisations

Is an international organisation’s (IO’s) compliance with international law essential to its legitimacy? And, even when a link between compliance and legitimacy obtains, is member state cooperation with the organisation contingent on its legitimacy? Might the answer to either of these questions vary systematically by organisational type?…

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Contested Statehood and Jurisdiction: Palestine and the Mangisto and al-Sayed Case

On 23 March 2023, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) issued the first-ever decision against the State of Palestine of an international human rights body with the competence to hear complaints from individuals. The Mangisto and al-Sayed v the State…

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Of Babies and Bathwater: A Comment on Herzog

Sovereignty has been the target of so many indictments over the years that it is a hard task to renew the case against it in a way that is fresh and interesting. It is a tribute to Don Herzog that he manages to pull this off in such…

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