Military law: current state and prospects of development

Derecho militar: estado actual y perspectivas de desarrollo

• Oleg Gushchyn Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2901-9605
• Anastasiia Ostapenko National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Kyiv. Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3545-3283
• Petro Korniienko National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit, Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1473-6698
• Oleksandr Kotliarenko National Defence University of Ukraine named after Ivan Cherniakhovskyi, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-2515

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4176.42

Keywords: military law, military justice, military courts, armed aggression, military police

Abstract

The aim of the article was to analyze the current state and prospects of development of military law. The methodological basis of the study was the use of empirical research methods, theoretical knowledge and logical research techniques. The research was based on several certainties: The first systemic certainty is the limited or conditional commitment of some states to international law. The second systemic certainty is the state perspective of international security. The third is the structural deficiencies of the United Nations. The fourth systemic certainty is that horror in the context of armed conflict is present and that war is always a humanitarian catastrophe. Finally, the fifth systemic certainty is the defensibility of a state in possession of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction. It is concluded that it is necessary to create a military justice system for modern police practice, i.e., to enact military law directly. Based on the idea that military justice is a system of organs, it should include: an organ that conducts pre-trial investigation or ensures law and order and an organ that monitors the rule of law;  military courts.

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