Escalation of the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine in 2022 in Light of the Law on Use of Force and International Humanitarian Law

• Authors: Patrycja Grzebyk

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to assess the military operation started on 24 February 2022 by Russia against Ukraine in light of the law on use of force, having in mind all the justifications officially expressed by Russian authorities and in light of international humanitarian law. The author claims that there is no justification for the Russian military action and thus it must be qualified as aggression. This, due to the serious violation of the peremptory norm, implies obligations on the part of states and international organizations (i.e. the international community). In addition, the current conduct of hostilities clearly shows that it is mainly Russian forces which neglect international humanitarian law principles, which might amount to war crimes.

Keywords

EN

Ukraine; Russia; war; international armed conflict; war crimes; international humanitarian law; use of force; aggression

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Yearbook of International Law
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 41
• Pages: 145-162

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Patrycja Grzebyk

• Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw

• https://orcid.org/0000000340227018

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/PYIL.2022.142344

Biblioteka Nauki

55994084