From 9 to 11 June 2021, Global Rights Compliance (‘GRC’) held a three-day, six-panel conference titled, “Legal (Un)Certainty of Occupation: Crimea and Donbas”. The conference was a key part of GRC’s project “International Law and Defining Russia’s Involvement in Crimea and Donbas” funded by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was designed to contribute to the project’s mission of developing an authoritative international legal opinion on Russia’s legal status in Crimea and Donbas.
It brought together leading scholars and practitioners of international human rights and humanitarian laws to obtain considered, expert legal commentary of relevance to Crimea and Donbas. The expert views are world leading and provided impartial expertise on the most salient issues of international law, including the status of Crimea and Donbas, the law of occupation, the division of responsibilities between an occupying power and an ousted sovereign, and avenues for effective redress and accountability for Ukraine and its citizenry in relation to violations of humanitarian and human rights law.
For more, read extracts from the conference in our brochure and watch the recorded conference on our YouTube channel.