On4 June , at 15.00, the online conference "Preliminary analysis of legal and environmental consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station " will be held, during which the Coalition "Ukraine. Five in the Morning" Coalition will present an analytical report of the same name.
On 6 June 2023, the Russians blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. The destruction of the dam was one of the largest environmental disasters in Europe in the twenty-first century, and it is the result of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The consequences of this catastrophe will be felt for decades and will affect several generations of people in Ukraine and the entire Azov-Black Sea region.
The seizure of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in the first days of the full-scale invasion, the preparation and consequences of the explosion are a violation of many international legal norms. What has Ukraine done in the year since this crime was committed? What are the environmental consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station? What is the international legal qualification of the actions of the parties to the armed conflict, and what are the possibilities of bringing the perpetrators to justice under the Rome Statute of the ICC and the Criminal Code of Ukraine? The authors of the report will analyse this issue.
Speakers
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Natalia Hendel, expert at the Foundation for Support of Basic Research, researcher at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights;
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Timur Korotkyi, Chairman of the Foundation for Support of Basic Research;
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Hennadii Marushevskyi, ecologist, PhD in Philosophy, leading researcher at the Research Institute for Social and Economic Development;
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Zakhar Tropin, Associate Professor of the Department of International Law at the Educational and Research Institute of International Relations of the Kyiv National University of Shevchenko;
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Maryna Medvedieva, Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of International Law, Kyiv National University of International Relations.
Questions for discussion
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Context, surrounding circumstances and environmental consequences of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station explosion.
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Violation by states of their obligations under international environmental treaties.
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Possible individual criminal liability for the Kakhovka HPP explosion within the framework of the International Criminal Court.
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Liability for the undermining of the Kakhovka HPP dam under Ukrainian criminal law.
04.06.2024
