The Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Imperialism Revisited, and the Language of International Law
4 March 2022
The Human Rights Law Centre, in partnership with the , co-hosted an online, rapid-response seminar in light of the Russian invasion of, and on-going armed conflict in Ukraine.
The seminar was chaired by Dr. Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½) and Dr. Luigi Daniele (ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Trent University). Speakers included:
- Olympia Bekou, Professor of Public International Law and Head of the School of Law at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
- Marko Milanović, Professor of Public International Law and Co-Director of the Human Rights Law Centre at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
- Victor Kattan, ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Senior Research Fellow at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
- Bettina Renz, Professor of International Security, School of Politics and International Relations at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
- Nigel White, Professor of Public International Law and Deputy Head of the School of Law at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
The seminar featured interventions from Ukrainian ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ law students, Yaroslava Yudina (Human Rights Law LLM) and Anastasiia Kliuha (Human Rights Law LLM). We were also joined by ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Trent University alumnus Ruslan Saatov (LLM Human Rights) who was able to participate in the seminar virtually from Kyiv.
You can view a recording of the event here: