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Irish lawyers have joined their colleagues from across Europe in offering free legal advice to Ukrainian nationals seeking asylum in a safe country. The European Young Bar Association (EYBA) has published a list of lawyers from 18 countries, including Ireland and the UK, who are available to give ad
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Ukraine has filed an application instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning “a dispute ... relating to the interpretation, application and fulfilment of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of G
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The Law Society of Ireland has joined the international condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In a statement issued on Friday evening, Law Society president Michelle Ní Longáin said: "This use of threat and force is a clear violation of international law by which all UN member
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been condemned as a "gross violation of international law" in a joint statement from the representative bodies for barristers in Ireland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales and Scotland. The statement has been signed by Maura McNally SC, chair of the Bar Council
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Dr Aurel Sari, director of the University of Exeter’s Centre for International Law and fellow of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, comments on the legal aspects of the invasion of Ukraine. Much about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine is unclear
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Amnesty International has called for unerring respect for international human rights and humanitarian law, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this morning. “Our worst fears have been realized. After weeks of escalation, a Russian invasion that is likely to lead to the most horrific c
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The president of Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court, which formally began its work in September, was among judges from the country who took part in a recent study trip to Ireland. The two-week trip was the latest in a series of initiatives organised over the past two years by the European Union Ad
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