Protection of property rights of citizens in the conditions of foreign military aggression: political and legal experience of Ukraine

• Filatov Viktor Commercial and Environmental Law University of Customs and Finance https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8059-3736
• Sergey Нerasymchuk Commercial and Environmental Law University of Customs and Finance https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4038-3048
• Oksana Zuieva Commercial and Environmental Law University of Customs and Finance https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8054-1509
• Oksana Tuieva TheYaroslav Mudryi National Law University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0474-4034
• Dmytrо Kartsyhin Economic and Environmental Law at the University of Customs and Finance https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7477-9123

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3969.11

Keywords: damage compensation, external military aggression in Ukraine, protection of property rights, occupation of certain territories, transitional justice

Abstract

The aim of the research is a comprehensive analysis of the problem of protecting property rights against a terrorist threat and finding ways to solve it. The article deals with the main problems of protection of property rights under conditions of external military aggression in Ukraine. The authors, with the example of a separate case, analyses the problematic aspects of renewing and granting property rights to citizens residing in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. Methodologically, it is a documentary research. It is concluded that the law and judicial practice of the protection of property rights in the example of the right to compensation for damaged homes may prove insufficient on its own. The weaknesses of Ukrainian legislation in compensation for damage caused to citizens in conditions of armed conflict and terrorist activity are discussed in detail. Finally, it emphasizes the role of transitional justice in improving the law and practice of resolving disputes overcompensation for moral and material damage under the conditions of occupation of certain territories of Ukraine.

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