On 1 February, the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität (Kiel) will hold an online seminar entitled “Of Parties, Third Parties, and Treaty Intertretation: Ukraine v. Russia before the European Court of Human Rights“. The speakers include Isabella Risini and Justine Batura.
Here is a brief summary of the event:
“An unprecedented number of member States have requested permission to
intervene in the case Ukraine v. Russia (X) before the European Court
of Human Rights. The significance that can be ascribed to these
interventions goes beyond a mere expression of solidarity with Ukraine.
Not only are these third-party interventions a timely and much needed
opportunity for States to express their support for the European
regional human rights system and convey legitimacy to the later
judgment. The procedural instrument under Art. 36 § 2 ECHR also provides
States the prime opportunity to express views on the interaction of
international humanitarian law and human rights law in the wake of
Georgia v. Russia (II). In this edition of the “Völkerrechtliche
Tagesthemen”, Justine Batura and Isabella Risini discuss the context and
value of the third-State interventions.
A critical assessment of this phenomenon will be part of the
presentation. While it is true that more than half of all member States
of the Council of Europe have expressed interest in intervening as
third-party in Ukraine’s application concerning the Russian full-scale
invasion in February 2022, it is also worthwhile noting that the States
in question also could have submitted their own application against
Russia. Member States’ interest in this conflict, which started back in
2014, is also relatively recent.”
To register for this event, you must send an email to tagesthemen[at]wsi.uni-kiel.de.
