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History in Turmoil
Convince an enemy, convince him that he’s wrong Is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long A simple act of faith, in reason over...

Dmitri Safronov
50 min read


Children as a Vehicle of Genocide
Introduction The epitome of the 21st century’s Russian war against Ukraine manifested itself in Vladimir Putin’s speech on the morning...

Iryna Zaverukha
34 min read


Exposing Torture Crimes in Russian Prisons: In Conversation with Vladimir Osechkin
Vladimir Osechkin is a Russian-born human rights activist and founder of Gulagu.net, an NGO that documents and exposes crimes committed...

Nadia Jahnecke
11 min read


Human Rights between Universality and Indivisibility: In Conversation with François Zimeray
François Zimeray is a prominent French diplomat, lawyer, former politician, and human rights activist. Zimeray previously served as...

Nadia Jahnecke
18 min read


Harmonizing International Law and Political Power: In Conversation with Luis Moreno Ocampo
Luis Moreno Ocampo is an Argentine Lawyer and prosecutor who played a critical role in the Trial of the Juntas during Argentina’s...

Aidan Johnson
13 min read


Confiscation of Russian Assets: Legal, Human Rights, and Political Limitations
Moral considerations in confiscating Russian assets Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has been going on for almost two years....


Anemones of the People
Knuckle dragging, low-slung, dead pig-eyed, A belch or a growl passes for thought, Ogres, tramping through dirty snow fields To sniff out...

Paul Pickering
2 min read


Doubtful Legislative Innovations: Criminalising Wartime Collaboration during Russian Aggression in Ukraine
1. Historical Overview of Wartime Collaboration In situations of armed conflict, it is almost inevitable that there will be instances...

Artem Nazarko
36 min read


Justice for Victims and Survivors of Sexual Violence related to Russia’s Armed Aggression in Ukraine
І. Sexual violence as Russia’s weapon in the war against Ukraine: History and the present On 24 February 2022, Russia launched an open...

Khrystyna Kit
10 min read


Human Rights and the Russia-Ukraine War: In Conversation with Oleksandra Matviichuk
Oleksandra Matviichuk is a prominent human rights defender, currently leading the Center for Civil Liberties and coordinating the...

Nadia Jahnecke
16 min read


Ukrainian Heritage Held Hostage: Crimean Gold’s Long Way Home
I. Introduction 2014 was the beginning of a turbulent but crucial journey for the Ukrainian identity to gain a foothold. In February of...

Leila Kazimi
18 min read


Reparations for Atrocity Victims in Ukraine: Survivors’ Aspirations and the Emerging Legal Framework
Introduction Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, especially its full-scale unfolding since 2022, has highlighted many important issues...

Kateryna Busol
22 min read


International Criminal Law and the Russia-Ukraine War: In Conversation with Andrew Clapham
Andrew Clapham is Professor of International Law at the Geneva Graduate Institute, which he joined in 1997. He was the first Director of...

Shahad Alkamas
23 min read


Art under Siege: In Conversation with Mykhailo Glubokyi
Three Stories of Art and War II коли гуркочуть гармати- музи замовкають The Russian invasion catapulted the Ukrainian art world into...

Constance Uzwyshyn
10 min read


Putin’s Propaganda: A Path to Genocide
Russia’s assault on Ukraine continues to intensify as bombs increasingly hit city centres, destroying apartment buildings, theatres, and...

Marta Baziuk
4 min read


Art at the Arsenal: In Conversation with Olesya Ostrovska-Liuta
Three Stories of Art and War I коли гуркочуть гармати- музи замовкають The Russian invasion catapulted the Ukrainian art world into...

Constance Uzwyshyn
16 min read


Holding War Criminals to Account: The Challenges Presented by Information Warfare
The physical battlefield of the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia is being closely scrutinised by the global community: each day,...

Alexandra Agnew, Mishcon de Reya
11 min read


Ukrainian Identity in Paint: In Conversation with Oleg Tistol
Oleg Tistol is one of Ukraine’s leading contemporary artists, who works with stereotypes associated with Ukrainian everyday life and...

Constance Uzwyshyn
19 min read


Building the Jam Factory: In Conversation with Bozhena Pelenska
Three Stories of Art and War III коли гуркочуть гармати- музи замовкають The Russian invasion catapulted the Ukrainian art world into...

Constance Uzwyshyn
9 min read


No Place Like Home: An Emigrant’s Epic Tale
Lesia's poem No Place Like Home explores the shared human longing for a home, not only as a search for a refuge or place to settle, or a...

Lesia Daria
1 min read


War from the Verkhovna Rada: In Conversation with Mariya Ionova (MP)
Mariya Ionova wears many hats. She is a Member of the Parliament of Ukraine, holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Credit and a...

Constance Uzwyshyn
10 min read


A Fictional War (Which the West Can’t Win)
In Lesia’s three-in-one poem A Fictional War , two voices speak in separated monologues but are also integrated and juxtaposed. The poem...

Lesia Daria
1 min read


The Art Industry in Ukraine During the War
The article examines the current state of the Ukrainian contemporary art market in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the...

Gallery Portal 11
38 min read


The Visit of Czarevitch Nicholas Alexandrovitch to Lahore, January 1891
The below is adapted from Fakir Aijazuddin's 2021 book Imperial Curiosity: Early Views of Pakistan, 1845-1906 . Introduction The...

Fakir Aijazuddin
19 min read
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