The IBA, Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice and the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision have announced a joint Memorandum of Understanding setting out terms of support for free legal aid provision in ensuring the effective representation of cases concerning war crimes.
Most of the attention Ukraine gets these days is about the war in the eastern part of the country and rightly so. More than 10,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 2014. Ukrainian soldiers are wounded or killed almost everyday. Crimea remains illegally occupied by Russia, and there seems to be no end in sight to the violence. While Russia poses an existential threat to Ukraine, another issue of vital importance for country’s survival cannot be overlooked: the economy.