International law and support for Ukraine – between “responsibility to protect” obligation and collective self-defense right
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Ukraine, Russian, invasion, warAbstract
The purpose of the study is to explore public international law norms authorizing international actors to support sovereignty of Ukraine and the rights of its citizens. It examines the international community's rights and obligations according to the “responsibility to protect” obligation and collective self-defense norm.
The thesis of the author is that in the event of aggression against a sovereign state, any international community’s military response (either as an exercise of the “responsibility to protect” or on the grounds of collective self-defense) is not conditioned by a preliminary decision of the UN Security Council.
The study proposes a legal model of the interaction between the protection of human rights and state sovereignty in a situation of armed aggression against an independent state.
The study is a novelty from the point of view of the analysis of the specific case in international relations – the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and reveals both the importance and limitations of international law in the protection of sovereignty and human rights.
The study focuses on legal and due and permissible legal conduct, without prejudice to the extent to which this conduct of the international community would be perceived as correct by strategic analysis.
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