The use of the OSCE Moscow mechanism and international humanitarian law in the Russian aggression against Ukraine

The aim of this article is to examine the use of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism in the war in Ukraine. Following this brief introduction, the first section is devoted to OSCE mechanisms in general, with special emphasis on the Moscow Mechanism. Against this background, section two presents and analyses the conclusions of the reports of the OSCE missions to Ukraine. Finally, in the conclusions, the authors point to the value of the Moscow Mechanism and its meaning for peaceful resolution of conflicts and international security. The research method consists of formal-legal analysis of legal acts such as the Geneva Conventions on the protection of victims of armed conflicts (1949) and Additional Protocol I on the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (1977) as well as reports of the OSCE expert missions and NGOs such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch

Amnesty · Epistemology · Human rights · International humanitarian law · International law · Jus ad bellum · Mechanism (biology · Political science · Use of force · European and International Law Studies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics