We resume our pondering about how to ensure long-term justice by sharing individuals’ stories of wartime Ukraine. “Tell me that funny story about your injury,” I ask a soldier friend the next day and, laughing, he does. We were convinced the world would not tolerate Russia brutalising a sovereign state while in effect dismantling international law and security. Looking back, I remember a demonstration by survivors of the siege of Mariupol, which took place in the centre of Lviv in mid-March 2022. Her Nobel lecture exposed the crumbling of the international system of law and security in the face of Russia’s criminal war.

Source: The Guardian February 24, 2026 23:26 UTC