In response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, competent authorities are increasingly taking steps to seize, confiscate, and repurpose Russia-linked assets for the benefit of Ukraine. Most progress made to date has focused on repurposing to finance broad packages of State-level assistance. Commitments to address victims’ urgent reparation needs have been conspicuously absent, despite their complementarity.
REDRESS has developed six Guidelines establishing a repurposing for reparation framework. The Guidelines support competent authorities to allocate a portion of repurposed funds to finance survivor-centred reparation for victims of Russia’s war in Ukraine. They examine many of the key considerations to financing reparation measures from Russia-linked assets in a manner that is robust and champions the interests of victims.
