A New Look at Confiscating Russian Assets - Using Russian Central Bank Assets to Pay for Compensation Ordered by the European Court of Human Rights?

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 Author aut Ye, Beini Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-06-06 eng 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 De Spiegeleir, Antoine ECtHR Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg Russia Russian War against Ukraine Sanctions Ukraine Europäischer Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte | Straßburg 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/ecthr-russian-central-bank-assets/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/3d6b93b2fb8098e9 250606 10.59704/3d6b93b2fb8098e9 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)