title: To break the law occasionally: What does it mean when a permanent member of the UN Security Council like Russia denies a neighbouring state its statehood before invading it? A discussion with international lawyer Michel Erpelding
abstract: The main purpose of this interview was to explain to the broader public in Luxembourg: 1. the legal implications of the Russian-backed secessions of Crimea (later annexed by Russia) and the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine, as well as Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine on 24th February 2022; 2. the historical context that explains how the post-WWII international order balances the principle of national self-determination with the principles of sovereign equality and territorial
journal: Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Luxembourg)