Venturing East: The Involvement of the International Criminal Court in Post-Soviet Countries and its Impact on Domestic Processes
Journal: eYLS (Yale Law School)
Year: 2021

This Article examines the involvement of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”) in Georgia and Ukraine, and the impact the ICC has had on mobilizing national authorities and civil society in the two countries, in order to address impunity for international crimes. Both Georgia and Ukraine, with Russia as their adversary, share many commonalities in dealing with the conflict-related crimes. However, it appears that the ICC’s involvement has produced different effects in each country in terms of