Investigation and justice of crimes committed under war conditions in Ukraine

Investigación y justicia de crímenes cometidos en condiciones de guerra en Ucrania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.16
Keywords: war crimes, Rome Statute, International Criminal Court, ratification, Transitional justice

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to review the topic of investigation and administration of justice in relation to crimes committed during the war in Ukraine, as one of the important elements of transitional justice. The authors focus on the possibility of applying the concept of post-conflict solution in Ukraine after the end of hostilities provoked by armed aggression. The article draws attention to the fact that in order to counter these crimes it must be necessary: to develop effective mechanisms and establish communication within universal jurisdiction with other countries that have experience in investigating Russian military aggressions; extensive use of the capabilities of the International Commission on Human Rights established by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate war crimes committed by the aggressor’s armed forces and violations of international humanitarian law, the prepared evidence of which can be used in all international and national urisdictions. It is concluded that it is urgent to borrow positive international experience in the standardization of current national legislation, aimed at optimizing the process of documentation and investigation of crimes against humanity, bringing the perpetrators to justice.

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Author Biographies

Nataliya Ortynska, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department Theories of law and constitutionalism of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law, Psychology and Innovative Education, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine. 

Volodymyr Baranyak, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law, Psychology and Innovative Education, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine. 

Inna Tsyliuryk, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law, Psychology and Innovative Education, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine.

Yana Koniushenko, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Candidate of legal science, Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminal Process, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Ihor Krasiuk, University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Irpin, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Deputy Head of the Department of Handwriting Research at the Laboratory of Forensic Research Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise at the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine; Applicant of the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of the University of the State Fiscal Service of
Ukraine, Irpin, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Published
2022-07-08
How to Cite
Ortynska, N., Baranyak, V., Tsyliuryk, I., Koniushenko, Y., & Krasiuk, I. (2022). Investigation and justice of crimes committed under war conditions in Ukraine: Investigación y justicia de crímenes cometidos en condiciones de guerra en Ucrania. Political Questions, 40(73), 311-329. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.16
Issue
Vol. 40 No. 73 (2022): Cuestiones Políticas
Section
Derecho Público

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