Russian aggression against Ukraine and the law of countermeasures – a momentum for caution or an opportunity for evolution?
Journal: Mezinárodní a srovnávací právní revue/International and Comparative Law Review
Year: 2024

Summary The paper addresses some of the challenging legal issues invoked by the response of the part of the international community to the Russian aggression in Ukraine in 2022. These legal issues were selected through the lenses of evolution versus caution paradigm. In particular, it maps the issue of the permissibility of third--party countermeasures, a topic that has already enjoyed attention of the doctrine but is still controversial. It then focuses on the issue of confiscation of frozen Ru