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108 Cornell L. Rev. Online 1 (2022-2023)

handle is hein.journals/clro108 and id is 1 raw text is: AN ALTERNATIVE TO ZOMBIEING: LAWFARE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AND THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Jill Goldenzielt Lawfare, the purposeful use of law as a weapon of war, has been an integral feature of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Russia has used lawfare to complicate Ukraine's response to its invasion of Crimea and the Donbas, most famously through use of little green men to create plausible deniability for its military actions. Ukraine has launched a novel and highly public Lawfare Project, filing cases before the International Court of Justice, European Court of Human Rights, International Tribunals on the Law of the Sea, and the World Trade Organization, with an investigation by the International Criminal Court also underway. This lawfare strategy has bolstered the legitimacy of Ukraine's cause, delegitimized Putin, garnered Western support for the war, cost Russia billions, and helped keep China on the sidelines. Lawfare between Russia and Ukraine has tremendous implications for the use of lawfare in armed conflict and the future of international law itself. INTRODUCTION Lawfare, the purposeful use of law as a weapon of war, has been an integral part of the Russia-Ukraine conflict since 2014. Russia has cloaked its justification for invading Ukraine in the language of domestic and international law. While invading Crimea in 2014, it used little green men to create legal ambiguity and complicate Ukraine's response. In response, Ukraine launched a Lawfare Project against Russia. Its strategy has involved lawsuits under both public and private international law. Since 2014, it has generated landmark legal rulings and victories-including an International Court of Justice (ICJ) order for Russia to cease hostilities, isolation of Russia in the World Trade Organization (WTO), two victories in the International Tribunal for the Law t Professor, National Defense University-College of Information and Cyberspace. Ph.D., A.M., Government, Harvard; J.D. NYU Law; A.B. Princeton. Thank you to Eric Chang, Howard Clark, Harlan Grant Cohen, and Frank Nuno. Errors are my own. 1

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