nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3d6b93b2fb8098e9 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250606s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3d6b93b2fb8098e9 doi eng 342 23 De Spiegeleir, Antoine Author aut A New Look at Confiscating Russian Assets - Using Russian Central Bank Assets to Pay for Compensation Ordered by the European Court of Human Rights? De Spiegeleir, Antoine Verfassungsblog 2025-06-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In the near future, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) may issue its first compensation awards against Russia for its conduct in the war in Ukraine. When that happens, the question of how to enforce such awards will become paramount. Given Russia’s lack of cooperation, claimants may seek to enforce compensation awards in third states holding Russian assets, a promising yet untested avenue. Drawing from a recent report by Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI), this post explores some of the legal hurdles this avenue entails as well as some of its broader implications. We believe that this approach could be a limited but significant instrument to redress harm for victims of human rights abuse committed in the war. CC BY-SA 4.0 ECtHR Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Russia Russian War against Ukraine Sanctions Ukraine (DE-588)1003803-6 gnd Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Ye, Beini Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/ecthr-russian-central-bank-assets/ raw object