The Activities of Ukraine's Foreign Policy Authorities in the UN and International Courts to Counter Russian Hybrid Aggression
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31861/mhpi2021.43.117-135Keywords:
foreign policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, hybrid aggression, UN, UN International Court of Justice, UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Criminal Court, European Court of Human RightsAbstract
The necessity of effective counteraction to the existing hybrid threats is substantiated. It presupposes the necessity of improvement and modernization of the foreign policy of the state. The importance of Ukraine’s active participation in the UN and the use of its potential in the face of external aggression are emphasized. It is mentioned in almost all key state documents in the field of foreign policy and defense. The purpose of the study is to identify the main achievements and shortcomings in the activities of foreign policy authorities of Ukraine to implement public policy in a hybrid war at the UN and international courts in the period 2014-2020. The activity of Ukrainian delegations in the UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, UN International Court of Justice, UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Criminal Court, European Court of Human Rights on protection of national sovereignty is considered and analyzed, rights and freedoms of citizens of Ukraine in the conditions of hybrid aggression of the Russian Federation. The effectiveness of the tactics of appealing to international courts to use the mechanism of temporary measures as a means of stopping violations of human rights and freedoms and crimes against humanity, defining the jurisdiction of the defendant. The activity of the Ukrainian delegations to the UN, the adoption of UN GA resolutions on Ukraine, the possible options for overcoming the veto mechanism in the UN Security Council are analyzed. It was found that the Government of Ukraine gradually developed a systematic approach to combating hybrid aggression in the foreign policy sphere, which was characterized by the coordination of actions of various agencies in the international arena. The implementation of the government’s human rights project “Legal Confrontation of Ukraine against the Russian Federation” has a special legitimizing significance of its actions.
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