Sergey Sayapin

About/Bio

Dr. Sergey Sayapin (s.sayapin@kimep.kz) is Assistant Professor in International Law at KIMEP University (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and the author of The Crime of Aggression in International Criminal Law: Historical Development, Comparative Analysis and Present State.

Recently Published

Russia’s Withdrawal of Signature from the Rome Statute Would not Shield its Nationals from Potential Prosecution at the ICC

On 16 November 2016, the president of the Russian Federation issued bylaw № 361-rp “On the Russian Federation’s intention not to become a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court”. It follows from paragraph 1 of the bylaw that the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, after consultations with a number…

Read more

A “Hybrid” Tribunal for Daesh?

On 21 April 2016, Professor Robert Cryer published a concise analysis of the possible consequences of a resolution adopted by the UK House of Commons a day earlier, including of a possible referral of the situation involving crimes – war crimes, crimes against humanity, and, in particular, genocide – committed by members of Daesh to the International…

Read more