A group of expert lawyers has stated that the confiscation of frozen assets belonging to the Russian Central Bank does not contradict international law due to the scale of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Reparations proposals exist at the intersection of the moral and geopolitical imperatives for justice and the international principle of State sovereignty.
A letter signed by international legal experts argues that the seizure of frozen Russian central bank assets to aid Ukraine would be lawful given Russia's "ongoing breach of the most fundamental rules of international law," Bloomberg reported on Feb. 21.
A letter signed by international legal experts argues that the seizure of frozen Russian central bank assets to aid Ukraine would be lawful given Russia's "ongoing breach of the most fundamental rules of international law," Bloomberg reported on Feb. 21.