Abstract
Wars offer an opportunity for unscrupulous parties to advance their political interests by funding warfare, including international crimes, or amass wealth through their commission. Despite the persistence of economic complicity in international crimes, international criminal law is remarkably ill-equipped to address it.
This inability has been evident for a long time but is especially acute in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A wide array of forms of economic complicity in international crimes is on display in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, including the pillage and sale of Ukrainian grain; funding of private military companies; and taking over residential property in occupied territories. Despite ongoing discussions of setting up an international criminal tribunal for Ukraine, issues of economic complicity have been overlooked in the international criminal law discourse yet again.
This inability has been evident for a long time but is especially acute in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A wide array of forms of economic complicity in international crimes is on display in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, including the pillage and sale of Ukrainian grain; funding of private military companies; and taking over residential property in occupied territories. Despite ongoing discussions of setting up an international criminal tribunal for Ukraine, issues of economic complicity have been overlooked in the international criminal law discourse yet again.
| Original language | English |
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| Type | War Funders and Profiteers Report |
| Media of output | ANU Report |
| Publisher | ANU Centre for International and Public Law |
| Place of Publication | Canberra |
| Publication status | Published - 13 Jan 2025 |