International Reactions to the Crimea Annexation under the Law of State Responsibility: "Collective Countermeasures" and Beyond?
Journal: BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Year: 2017

The paper intends to frame the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea within the regime of the legal consequences of serious breaches of erga omnes (and ius cogens) obligations, as set out in the UN International Law Commission’s 2001 Draft Articles on State Responsibility. It is submitted that the restrictive measures adopted against Russia by some Western States and the European Union may substantiate an egregious case for third party, or “collective”, countermeasures taken by states not directly a