Ukraine, Netherlands Await Pivotal Rulings in Cases Against Russia from Previous Years of War
Journal: UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)
Year: 2023

As Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine grinds toward the one-year mark, a collection of legal cases that date to the original invasion of Crimea and eastern Ukraine in 2014 are making their way through various courts. After a Dutch district court last month issued life sentences in absentia to three commanders of Russian-backed forces found guilty of downing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 on July 17, 2014, and murdering all 298 people on board, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human R