Tag results for 'Ukraine'
Cryptocurrencies: jurisdictions remain open for business despite crypto collapses
Despite a series of major collapses across the cryptocurrency sector, some countries are still prepared to encourage crypto players to their jurisdictions.
Released on Dec 1, 2023
A conversation with Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of Ukraine
Andriy Kostin, Ukraine's Prosecutor General, talks to IBA Executive Director Mark Ellis about the global legal repercussions of Russia's invasion and the challenges in prosecuting aggression and Russian war crimes.
Released on Nov 23, 2023
Interview with Karim Khan KC, Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court
James Lewis speaks to Karim Khan KC, who has been Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2021, about the challenges facing the Court, his areas of focus and the ICC’s work in jurisdictions such as the Middle East and Ukraine.
Released on Nov 20, 2023
Food insecurity worsens post-pandemic
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) latest global assessment of food security and nutrition, published in October, estimates that between 691 million and 783 million people globally faced hunger in 2022.
Released on Nov 16, 2023
Expanding BRICS bloc poised to challenge the international order
Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are set to join the BRICS geopolitical bloc from the start of 2024, the largest such expansion and the first in 13 years.
Released on Nov 6, 2023
Of jailers and torturers
In this article, written exclusively for Global Insight, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General describes the systemic and widespread practice of the Russian occupiers unlawfully detaining Ukrainian civilians in torturous conditions, and elaborates on the implications for international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law.
Released on Oct 3, 2023
Food security: Russia’s withdrawal from grain deal could push 100 million people into hunger
The Russian Federation’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative with Ukraine, announced in mid-July, represents a major setback for global food security.
Released on Aug 22, 2023
Ukraine: due process essential as international community turns attention to country’s recovery
In June, the UK and Ukraine co-hosted the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC), which explored two crucial issues for Ukraine – accountability for those who have committed atrocities and compensation for damage from the Russian invasion.
Released on Aug 10, 2023
Plunging into darkness - Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure
In this article, written exclusively for Global Insight, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General explains how Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure violate international law.
Released on Jul 31, 2023
NATO membership applications highlight tension between consensus system and rule of law
All decisions made by NATO are resolved by consensus, without voting: discussion and consultation continue until a conclusion acceptable to every member state is reached.
Released on Jun 7, 2023
Ukraine’s stolen generation
In this article, written exclusively for Global Insight, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General explains how Russia’s systematic abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children violates international law.
Released on May 24, 2023
How Russia’s aggression is revitalising international criminal justice
As the invasion of Ukraine moves into its second year, Global Insight assesses how Putin’s blatant violation of international norms is refocusing global attention on ways of achieving justice and accountability for the worst crimes.
Released on May 22, 2023
South Africa, the ICC and President Putin
South Africa is set to host the BRICS conference in August and has been presented with a dilemma: what to do if the Russian President Vladimir Putin attends. The ICC has issued a warrant of arrest against Putin, who is accused of kidnapping Ukrainian children and transporting them to Russia
Released on May 5, 2023
Comment and analysis: Why the world needs a tribunal to try the Russian leadership for the crime of aggression
There is no existing international mechanism that can try Russia’s top political and military leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine - so the international community must create one.
Released on Mar 8, 2023
Ukraine and the energy markets
The war has had a major impact on oil and gas supplies. Global Insight assesses the implications.
Released on Feb 1, 2023
Putin’s Russia: hope in the darkest of times
Evgenia Kara-Murza is the wife of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is currently imprisoned in Russia on charges of treason. In this interview with James Lewis, IBA Director of Content, she discusses her husband’s and her own activism, the media in Russia, the repressive Putin regime, and how she maintains hope in the darkest of times.
Released on Jan 18, 2023
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: UN adopts resolution calling for war reparations
On 14 November, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution calling on Russia to pay war reparations in the latest addition to intensifying efforts being made by multilateral institutions to hold the Putin regime to account for its ongoing aggression in Ukraine.
Released on Dec 16, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Diplomatic solutions considered to bring conflict to an end
In early November, as Moscow announced its retreat from the Ukrainian city of Kherson, General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General, saw an opportunity for negotiations.
Released on Dec 15, 2022
The world must not turn a blind eye to genocidal intent
In this article, written exclusively for Global Insight, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General explains why what the world is witnessing in Ukraine should be treated as genocide.
Released on Dec 5, 2022
Legal and business news analysis - Global Insight Dec/Jan 2023
As successive packages of international sanctions imposed against Russia since 24 February weigh heavily on the global economy, there’s been growing unease in the West that the country is not bearing the brunt of the restrictions.
Released on Nov 24, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: EU and G7 sanctions test West’s resolve
As successive packages of international sanctions imposed against Russia since 24 February weigh heavily on the global economy, there’s been growing unease in the West that the country is not bearing the brunt of the restrictions.
Released on Nov 24, 2022
Sanctions – Between words and war
The war in Ukraine has compelled countries to impose increasingly stringent sanctions on Russia.
Released on Nov 18, 2022
Law firms have ‘key role to play’ in response to Ukraine, says regulator
The Solicitors Regulation Authority says ‘all firms that provide legal services’ must comply with new UK restrictions on providing transactional legal advisory services to Russian clients.
Released on Nov 11, 2022
UN to appoint Special Rapporteur to investigate human rights abuses in Russia
On 7 October, the UN Human Rights Council passed a historic resolution to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation. The move marks the first time the UN body will examine the rights record of one of the so-called P5 members that hold permanent seats on the UN Security Council.
Released on Oct 28, 2022
Ukraine: IBA supports legal profession’s push for accountability
Despite the ongoing hostilities, time has not stood still for Ukraine’s legal profession. As a recent trip to Kyiv by the IBA Executive Director revealed, the country’s legal community continues to advocate for citizens’ rights as troops fight Russian aggression on the frontline.
Released on Oct 13, 2022
Ukraine: From the USSR to the EU
As the world reflects on Mikhail Gorbachev’s role in dissolving the Soviet Union, and Ukraine continues its fight for independence, Global Insight assesses the challenges the country and its leaders are facing to meet the requirements for EU accession.
Released on Sep 23, 2022
Nuclear weapons: Review of non-proliferation treaty ends without consensus amid fears over Zaporizhzhia power plant
Repeated shelling at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which began in mid-August, has greatly intensified fears of nuclear disaster. The Zaporizhzhia plant – one of the world’s largest nuclear stations – fell to Russian military forces soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Released on Sep 9, 2022
Food security: Grain deal ‘partially addresses’ food export challenges for Ukraine
Ukraine and Russia signed the Black Sea Grain Initiative in late July, aiming to restart the resumption of grain exports from Ukraine via the Black Sea after months of delay.
Released on Aug 17, 2022
Holding Russia to account
In this Global Insight podcast, we examine how both the corporate world and the international justice system can hold perpetrators of war crimes and the crime of aggression to account, and assess the failures of international systems to provide security to date.
Released on Aug 4, 2022
Ukraine conflict highlights legal issues surrounding international commercial surrogacy
Recent events – including the war in Ukraine – have brought the legal and ethical issues surrounding international commercial surrogacy into sharp focus. The practice refers to the buying and selling of surrogacy arrangements, with the child’s mother receiving payment from the intended parents.
Released on Jul 29, 2022