Author: Victoria Kerr

[Victoria Kerr LL.M. is a Scottish solicitor and Junior Researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, working primarily on the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs funded project 'Strengthening Ukraine's Capacity to Investigate and Prosecute International Crimes' in partnership with Global Rights Compliance.] Vladimir Putin, in his speech of 24 February 2022, declared, with reference to Article 51(7) of the UN Charter, that he was launching a ‘special...