Double standards in international criminal law after the ‘Ukraine Moment’
Year: 2025

Two competing narratives about the state of international criminal law have coalesced after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Some observers applaud the International Criminal Court’s investigation in Ukraine, advocacy for an ad hoc aggression tribunal, and domestic trials before Ukrainian and foreign courts. Others point to the same initiatives to emphasise double standards, including Western states’ self-interested accountability policies, disproportionate attention to European victims,