Ukraine and its place in Europe and the EU

This contribution to the Leiden Law Blog is written from a personal perspective as a Ukrainian. There is no need to go into detail of the horror of what is happening in Ukraine right now, since everyone can see the constant updates on the news.

Veronika Yefremova • March 16, 2022

A Series of Leiden Law Blogs on the Russian aggression in Ukraine

Europe is shocked, the world is shocked, by the Russian aggression in Ukraine and the human suffering as a result of Russia’s flagrant violation of key rules of international law.

Niels Blokker • March 15, 2022

Putting an end to impunity: Russia’s systematic failure to protect women from domestic violence

How can international institutional bodies put pressure on Russia regarding legislative reforms and combat the culture of domestic violence as a private family matter?

Stefania Kafka and Nadine Kops • February 04, 2020 • 13 comments

When bitcoin meets insolvency

What is Bitcoin and how to find its owner? These questions were raised by the Russian court in March 2018 in the context of insolvency proceedings. In short, the court concluded that it had no idea what Bitcoin was and could not ascertain its ownership.

Ilya Kokorin • March 22, 2018 • 1 comment

Article 18 of the European Convention on Human Rights: a toothless tiger?

In Navalnyye v. Russia, the Court rejected a complaint under Article 18 in conjunction with Articles 6 and 7 ECHR as incompatible ratione materiae with the Convention. Yet, the dissenting judges have appealed to the Court to reconsider its interpretation.

Barbora Budinská • November 21, 2017

Religion: the Underrated Numerator of Russia’s Acquisition of Crimea

Last week the Crimean crisis upgraded to a new level when Russia officially signed a law ratifying a treaty which claims Crimea as part of Russia. When trying to understand Russia’s actions, the role played by religion has been considerably overlooked.

Zhang Tu • March 27, 2014 • 1 comment

Western governments, practice what you preach

Some governments call for other governments to cease committing atrocities, the likes of which they also commit themselves. But does that hypocrisy affect the message they are sending?

Janneke Vink • January 30, 2014 • 1 comment

Russia enters WTO

Wednesday, August 22, Russia becomes the 156th member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This completes a process of 19 years of negotiations. The effects of the membership, however, are easily overstated, both from Russia’s and from the WTO side.

Joop de Kort • August 23, 2012 • 1 comment