European Court of Human Rights Landmark Decision in Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia
Introduction On July 9th, 2025, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Ukraine and the Netherlands v Russia clarified several intriguing questions. Scholars like Marko...
Legal recognition of a Ukrainian same-sex couple as a married relationship
In June 2025, the Desnyanskyy local district court in Kyiv (‘the Court’) decided to recognise the fact of cohabitation as one family (de facto marital relationship) between two Ukrainian men....
The Internationally Recognised Right to Conscientious Objection Under Real Risk in Ukraine
Going into the fourth year of resistance of the Ukrainian nation to Russian aggression, a lack of soldiers is one of the main problems of Ukrainian reality. The Ukrainian government...
The Role of Social Media in Russia’s War in Ukraine: Durov’s Arrest as a Catalyst for Global Social Media Accountability?
The recent arrest of Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, on charges of allegedly aiding and abetting criminal activities through the platform, has cast a renewed spotlight on social media platforms’...
Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine – Just Energy Transition
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine – Just Energy Transition This is the final episode in a four part series on...
Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine – Inclusive Economic Recovery
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine – Inclusive Economic Recovery This is the third episode in a four part series on...
ReBuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine ā Gender-Responsive Recovery
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Rebuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine – Gender-Responsive Recovery This is the second episode in a four part series on...
ReBuilding Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine – Towards Green Recovery
Oxford Human Rights Hub · Building Ukraine for All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine – Towards Green Recovery This is the first episode in a four part series on...
Register of Damage for Ukraine: A Vital Yet Challenging Step Towards Justice
Ukraine has endured unprecedented levels of destruction and human rights violations since the onset of Russian aggression in 2014. Since the full-scale invasion in February 2022, infrastructure damage is estimated...
Event: Inclusive Recovery in Action: Strategies for a Resilient Ukraine
The leaders of the project on “RE: Building Ukraine For All: Inclusive Recovery for a Resilient Ukraine,” (Professor Freya Baetens, Dr. Ievgeniia Kopytsia, and Dr. Daryna Dvornichenko) invite stakeholders and...
RE: BUILDING UKRAINE FOR ALL: Inclusive REcovery, REsilient Ukraine
The Project “RE: BUILDING UKRAINE FOR ALL: Inclusive REcovery, REsilient Ukraine”, led by Professor Freya Baetens, Dr levgeniia Kopytsia & Dr Daryna Dvornichenko, aims to address the multifaceted challenge of...
Balancing Acts: The Intricacies of Enforcing ICC Arrest Warrants Against Heads of State
This year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against the President and the Commissioner for Children’s Rights of Russia for individual responsibility for alleged war crimes, stirring...
