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The German Interior Ministry declared Monday that any individual who displays the pro-Putin letter “Z” would be liable for prosecution. The letter has been used in recent weeks to symbolize support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24. Displayed on Russian military tanks, it has been used as a means to [...]

The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, Eurojust, Monday announced it would support a joint investigation into Russia’s alleged international crimes committed in Ukraine. The joint investigation team, including Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, hopes to exchange information and facilitate the investigation. Eurojust is a multinational agency that brings together national authorities from the EU and [...]

On February 24, 2022, at about 6:00 AM, I woke up to a telephone call from my friend. I was at home in Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, located near the border with Russia. “The war has started” were the first words I heard that day. I just stayed in the middle of my [...]

JURIST Belarus contributor Katsiaryna Vasilionak is a Belarusian law student in the International Law and European Union Law program at the European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania. The text of this dispatch has been lightly edited to preserve the author’s voice. The war in Ukraine has lasted more than two weeks now. More than 700 civilians [...]

The EU joined 10 other members of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) Friday to declare the suspension of Russia and Belarus from the activities of the CBSS in response to “Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine.” The other involved members were Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Sweden.  The [...]

JURIST Belarus contributor Ulyana Belaya is currently a student in the International Law and European Union Law program at the European Humanities University, Vilnius, Lithuania. She left Belarus in September 2021. The text of this dispatch has been lightly edited to preserve the author’s voice. On the morning of February 24th the Russian Army started [...]

Lithuania declared a state of emergency Thursday, in response to the “large military forces massed in Russia and Belarus,” hours after the invasion of Russia against Ukraine. Lithuania President Gitanas Nausėda announced that parliament has unanimously approved the state of emergency that will last for two weeks. He stated that there is a risk to [...]

Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced Thursday that the country will be closing its airspaces and asked the government to declare a state of emergency following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The country is preparing to harbor “tens of thousands” of Ukrainian refugees as a result of the recent attacks. Within hours of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s [...]

Law students in Ukraine are reporting on the latest developments in that country as it faces a series of internal and external challenges. Here Anna Tymoshenko, a fourth-year law student at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, offers her perspective from Kyiv. The panic about the situation around Ukraine’s borders isn’t going away, but is it justified? Ironically, the [...]

A bipartisan group of US Senators and Congressmen introduced similar bills Thursday mandating the Secretary of State to negotiate with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) to rename its office as the “Taiwan Representative Office.” Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Senator Bob Menendez introduced the Senate bill and Democratic Congressman Chris Pappas [...]