First two chapters on the topic “The role of international criminal law in the Russia-Ukraine conflict: An in-depth analysis of the investigation and prosecution process of International crimes”. The length should be around 40 000 characters with footnotes on the bottom of every page. Oscola citation.
1.
Background
1.1
Russia’s
war on Ukraine
– Invasion of Ukraine on 24.02
– Figures by UN
1.2
International
criminal law
– Definitions
– Historical background of ICL
– Trigger mechanisms (states
of Rome statute, UN security council, ICC prosecutor); art. 12 par 3-
possibility of state to opt in jurisdiction even is state is not part of ICC;
brief intro
1.3
What
is considered an international crime
–
International
humanitarian law (rules that seek to limit the effect of armed conflict…)
–
Rome
Statue of International Criminal Court
–
Elements
of ICL
–
Fundamental
principles
2. Who
can investigate alleged breaches of international law in Ukraine
2.1
Investigations
by Ukraine
–
Principles
found in Customary International Law
–
Ukrainian
Criminal Code
–
Ukrainian
web platform (publishing documents and photographic materials)
–
Prosecution
of Russian soldier for war crimes on 23.05.22
–
Counter
prosecutions of Ukrainian soldiers by Russia
–
Ukraine’s
cooperation with other states’ investigations of alleged core intl. crimes
2.2
Investigations
by International Organizations
Reasons and motivation of
international organizations involvement in the investigations
2.2.1
The
ICC
2.2.2
OSCE
Moscow Mechanism
2.2.3
UN
Human Rights Council
2.2.4
European
Court of Human Rights
2.2.5 Eurojust
2.2.5.1
How
to impose accountability on those responsible for ordering the invasion of
Ukraine
–
Article
8 of the Rome Statute