The Institute of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice has proposed a mechanism to speed up the identification of deceased persons. This involves the use of biometric data from the State Migration Service, which has a database of fingerprints of approximately 35 million citizens. Fingerprints taken from the bodies of the deceased can be…
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Tetiana Melnychuk: Organized Crime Trends in Wartime: Ukraine’s Experience
Organised crime always favours stable jurisdictions with weak institutions and corrupt environments that provide relatively safe opportunities to base and conduct criminal activity, increasingly penetrating and influencing politics, economies and social life, expanding criminal markets and introducing new criminal technologies. However, due to its high adaptive capacity, organised crime effectively leverages chaos and social upheaval…
Giulia Lanza: The Fundamental Role of International (Criminal) Law in the War in Ukraine
This article examines the most relevant decisions adopted at the international level, related to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It identifies possible solutions to prosecute and punish international crimes perpetrated in the country. It concludes that International (criminal) law and cooperation between states and international organizations will play a crucial role in the fight…
Wartime Crisis Mode: The Impact of Russia’s Aggression on the System of Social Control in Ukraine (Crime, Institutes, and Trust in Criminal Justice)
The 21st century is the time of polycrisis, characterised by its temporal and spatial boundaries and cascading effects (Covid-19 pandemics, climate change, the war in Ukraine, mass migration caused by the war in Ukraine and other armed conflicts). Moreover, European societies are almost universally in crisis mode, which is linked to an accelerating process of…
Statement of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on the conviction of Mr Abd-Al-Rahman
6 October 2025, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) found Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman guilty of 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, in Darfur, Sudan, between August 2003 and April 2004. ICC Trial Chamber I analysed the evidence submitted and discussed before it at trial and…
France Investigates War Crime After Journalist Antoni Lallican Killed in Russian Drone Strike
French prosecutors have launched an investigation into potential war crimes following the death of photojournalist Antoni Lallican in Donetsk region, according to France 24 on October 6. The National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office (PNAT) confirmed that the case will be handled by the Central Office for the Fight against Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes. The 38-year-old French photojournalist was killed near…
Russia Tolerates Torture and Executions of Ukrainian Prisoners — OSCE Report
Experts from the OSCE Moscow Mechanism presented a report on Russia’s crimes against Ukrainian prisoners of war. The document refers to systematic war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law: from denial of prisoner status and inhumane conditions of detention to mass executions and torture. The experts concluded that these practices are tolerated by the…
Yanina Hrabova: Criminal Offenses Related to the Misuse Of Humanitarian Aid (Ukrainian Context)
Any crisis, particularly armed conflict, is inevitably accompanied by rising levels of poverty and increased societal demand for both material and financial humanitarian assistance. Following the full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine became a hub for the operational activity of various humanitarian organizations – both international and domestic. The unprecedented volume of aid flowing into the…
Torture, Abuse and Humiliation of Civilians. The Prosecutor’s Office Suspects Ten Russian Occupiers
Prosecutors from the Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office have issued in absentia notices of suspicion to ten representatives of the armed formations of the Russian Federation and the ‘DPR’, as well as FSB employees, for cruel treatment of the civilian population and other violations of the laws and customs of war (Part 2 of Article 28,…
Putin Signed a Decree on Autumn Conscription. 135,000 People Will Be Drafted Into the Army
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on the autumn conscription of Russian citizens into military service. The document has been published on the official legal information portal. According to the decree, conscription will take place from 1 October to 31 December 2025. A total of 135,000 people aged between 18 and 30 will…