How the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Tried in 1994 to Prevent the 2022 War in Ukraine

Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 748

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 84, forthcoming 2023

This article was written for the symposium ‘The Ukraine War and its Legal Ramifications,’ February 24, 2023.

25 Pages Posted: 4 Jan 2023

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John Bernard Quigley

Ohio State University (OSU) - Michael E. Moritz College of Law

Date Written: January 4, 2023

Abstract

The author served as Legal Expert in Ukraine in 1994-95 as part of an effort by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to forge an autonomy status for Crimea. The OSCE work was part of its broader effort, in territories newly independent upon the breakup of the USSR, to ensure protection for inhabitants of Russian origin. Crimea’s population is predominantly Russian, and Crimea was part of Russia from tsarist times, having become connected to Ukraine administratively only mid-twentieth century. In the event, Ukraine did not grant substantial autonomy to Crimea. In this Article, the author gives a first-hand account of the 1994-95 OSCE effort and speculates whether, had it been successful, post-2014 hostilities in the Donbas might have been averted, and the 2022 war as well.

Keywords: autonomy, self-determination, territorial integrity, minority protection

Suggested Citation

Quigley, John Bernard, How the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Tried in 1994 to Prevent the 2022 War in Ukraine (January 4, 2023). Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 748, Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 84, forthcoming 2023, This article was written for the symposium ‘The Ukraine War and its Legal Ramifications,’ February 24, 2023., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4317975 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4317975

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