The crime of polluting or damaging land (Article 239 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) is also an interesting example for studying the impact of war on the structure of crime in Ukraine. During the period 2013–2022, the number of registered crimes in this category ranged from 75 to 194 each year (an average of…
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A Crime of Ecocide in Ukrainian Police Statistics
In addition to environmental crimes committed by Ukrainian citizens, attention should be paid to the crime of ecocide (Article 441 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), for which liability is provided for in the relevant section (Criminal offences against peace, security of humanity, and international legal order). The crime of ecocide itself appeared in Ukrainian…
Environmental Сrimes in the Wartime
The graph below, based on police statistics, shows a gradual increase in environmental crimes in Ukraine since 2015. Environmental crime peaked in 2020, with a very slight decrease in 2021. The start of the War slightly reduced the number of environmental crimes (54 environmental crimes in 2021, 4018 environmental crimes in 2022), but not as…
GRETA Publishes Its Third Report on Ukraine
The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) in its new report published today welcomes legislative and policy measures taken by Ukraine to ensure trafficking victims’ access to justice and effective remedies, despite the difficulties and limitations imposed by the ongoing war. GRETA provides a number of recommendations to the…
Trust and Distrust of Ukrainians in Courts and Law Enforcement Before and After the Full-Scale Invasion
In January 2025, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) presented very significant and impressive results of a new survey focused on the issues of dynamics of trust in social institutions in 2021-2024[1]. The survey was conducted among adult (aged 18 and older) citizens of Ukraine who, at the time of the survey, were residing…
Administrative Practice of Abduction and Transfer of Children: the Case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (extracts)
Evidence relating to the relocation of children 1509. On 12 June 2014 a bus with 24 children (15 orphans or children without parental care from a care home in Snizhne and 9 children in foster care), one 18-year-old resident of the care home in Snizhne and 3 accompanying adults travelling to a respite centre in eastern Ukraine…
Crimes on the State Border of Ukraine: Statistical Indicators
In order to provide answers that reflect the real situation in the field of protection of the state border of Ukraine – both before the full-scale war and during the War – it is necessary to consider the crime statistics under Article 419 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Violation of the rules of border…
Drug Crimes in the Light of Police Statistics for Six Months of 2025, or Can the Irrational Expenditure of State Resources Be Justified?
The 2022 police statistics demonstrate that 34,398 drug-related crimes have already been committed in 2022. In 2023, the police registered 39,124 drug-related crimes. In 2024, the police registered 48,233 drug-related crimes. However, even for 6 months of 2025, 33,789 drug-related crimes were registered by the Ukrainian police. We can presume that more than 67 thousand…
Crimes against Military Service in Ukraine in 2025
Police statistics on crimes against military service indicate deep-rooted problems in the application of the relevant articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The main problem is that the total number of crimes against military service in the first six months of 2025 significantly exceeded the same indicator for 2024 as a whole. This is…