Application of the international convention for the suppression of the financing of terrorism and of the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (Ukraine v Russia)
Journal: Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen)
Year: 2017

With the annexation of Crimea by Russia and escalation of the conflict in eastern Ukraine fuelled by Russia's alleged support of the separatist groups, Ukraine is embroiled in a bitter standoff with its neighbour. In the absence of an openly declared war between the two countries, the 'battlefield' has moved to courtrooms of international courts, in which Ukraine attempts to reinstate its rights. Ukraine has on many occasions condemned Russia's aggression against it, however, bringing a case aga