OSCE mission to investigate violations of IHL and international human rights law in Ukraine ![]() This endeavour forms part of the Geneva Academy IHL Expert Pool: by participating in court proceedings such as this, and delivering rigorous and neutral advice on questions pertaining to the interplay between IHL and human rights law, this IHL Expert Pool works to enhance the legal protection afforded victims of armed conflict. Reflecting the salience of this case, the intervention focuses on three main subjects: (1) the extraterritorial application of the ECHR in an international armed conflict (2) the relationship between the ECHR and international legal norms governing recourse to armed force between states ( ius ad bellum) (3) the interplay between the ECHR and international humanitarian law (IHL). The Geneva Academy has been granted leave by the ECtHR to intervene as a third party in this case – along with 26 governments – and submitted its third-party intervention on 28 April 2023. ![]() ![]() The magnitude of the events from which the case stems is matched by the importance of the legal determinations that the Court is called upon to make. Russia, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will have the opportunity to clarify and develop several topical points concerning the interpretation and application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in situations of international armed conflict.
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