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Convicting Putin: how the full-scale war changed Ukraine’s attitude towards the crime of aggression
Convicting Putin: how the full-scale war changed Ukraine’s attitude towards the crime of aggression

“The beginning of the end of Russia’s impunity for the crime of aggression” – this is how […]

20 July 2023

Overloaded courts and formal case processing: What is happening in war-related trials?
Overloaded courts and formal case processing: What is happening in war-related trials?

The problems of war-related legal proceedings and ways to solve them are summarized in a new analytical […]

18 July 2023

How are war-related court cases progressing? Interim findings of MIHR monitoring
How are war-related court cases progressing? Interim findings of MIHR monitoring

The Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) conducts analysis, provides coverage, and raises awareness about important developments […]

17 July 2023

12 shots in the back: the court questioned the witnesses and aggrieved in the case of civilians’ shooting in Kyiv Region
12 shots in the back: the court questioned the witnesses and aggrieved in the case of civilians’ shooting in Kyiv Region

In March, two Russian military shot two civilians near Mriya Village in Kyiv Region.  They were shooting […]

7 July 2023

Blogger Chernetska was left under house arrest but allowed to go to a shelter and see a doctor
Blogger Chernetska was left under house arrest but allowed to go to a shelter and see a doctor

The Kyiv Court of Appeal partially upheld the appeal of the defense of blogger Inna Chernetska, suspected […]

26 June 2023

Nine Russian soldiers convicted of war crimes in Bucha: analyzing the first verdict
Nine Russian soldiers convicted of war crimes in Bucha: analyzing the first verdict

Irpin City Court convicted nine Russian soldiers in absentia for the war crime of ill-treatment of a […]

22 June 2023

“I am a girl, I was scared”: The court put under house arrest a blogger suspected of distributing a video about the operation of air defense
“I am a girl, I was scared”: The court put under house arrest a blogger suspected of distributing a video about the operation of air defense

The court has chosen measures of restraint for four bloggers suspected of disseminating on the internet the […]

12 June 2023

Hitting a hospital from a tank: Two Russians sentenced for shelling of a medical facility in Trostianets
Hitting a hospital from a tank: Two Russians sentenced for shelling of a medical facility in Trostianets

Russian tanks shelled Trostianets City Hospital in Sumy Region in March of 2022 during the occupation of […]

29 May 2023

Pskov paratrooper Andriy Medvedev has managed to have his case considered by a panel of judges
Pskov paratrooper Andriy Medvedev has managed to have his case considered by a panel of judges

In Irpin, it is the second time that the court was not able to hold the preparatory session on the case of the Russian military accused of a war crime. Why did it happen, tells the MIHR journalist who attended the court.

16 May 2023

Ex-MP Illia Kyva is going to be sentenced: the criminal case is coming to an end
Ex-MP Illia Kyva is going to be sentenced: the criminal case is coming to an end

In Lviv, former Member of Parliament Illia Kyva continues to be tried. He is accused under five articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, including but not limited to high treason and trespass against Ukraine's territorial integrity and inviolability. The regular session was held on May 10 in the Lychakiv District Court of Lviv City.

10 May 2023

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