MEZINÁRODNÍ SOUDNICTVÍ: NOVÉ ÚKOLY A VÝZVY

ARSIWA. Any such State may demand the cessation of (continued) wrongful act and, where appropriate, reparations for the directly injured State or the beneficiary of the breached obligation. CHAPTER 2 The activity of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in selected case law Jan Ondřej The chapter focuses on the definition of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as a specialized international court. States may choose one of four means of compulsory dispute settlement when signing, ratifying, acceding to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, or even later. The chapter is devoted to the proceedings before the Tribunal and the main objective is to analyse selected cases that the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has dealt with. Most of the cases that the Tribunal has dealt with so far concern provisional measures and the prompt release of the vessel and crew. The chapter is particularly devoted to the analysis of cases concerning the prompt release of crew and ship. In these cases, the Tribunal interprets the relevant provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The chapter also includes cases which have not been clearly accepted by the judges of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and are controversial in this respect. The first case of the Seabed Disputes Chamber may be considered as a significant. This was an advisory opinion which did not respond to a specific case, on the contrary, the Chamber pronounced in general terms on the interpretation of certain provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, particularly in relation to the protection of the marine environment. CHAPTER 3 Holding the Russion federation accountable for international crimes commited in Ukraine: practice of the International Court of Justice Liudmyla Golovko In chapter three the decision of the ICJ of 31 January 2024 on the Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) was analyzed. Ukraine had limited options in choosing the conventions for whose violation it could appeal to the ICJ, since Russian Federation does not recognize international jurisdiction in international courts over itself. The aim was firstly to answer the question of whether recourse to the ICJ can be an effective means of protecting Ukraine from Russian aggression. Secondly, this is the first decision of the ICJ on the merits regarding the violation of the above-mentioned

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