Law in Context

This episode of our rapid response event and podcast series unpacks the recent judgments of the International Court of Justice (available here and here) in the disputes initiated by Ukraine against Russia in respect of the latter’s military operations in Ukraine in 2014 and 2022, under the Genocide Convention, the Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. It addresses the decision of Ukraine to use the legal instruments in question (which are not about the legality of Russia’s military operations), the arguments of the parties, the content of the relevant judgments, the political context of the disputes, and their implications for global governance and security. In this talk, the hosts are joined by Dr Barış Çelik, Teaching Associate, Department of Politics and International Relations.

This episode was recorded in front of a live audience on February 14th 2024.

On January 26 the International Court of Justice handed down its order on provisional measures in the case brought by South Africa challenging Israel’s military operations in Gaza under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.