Research Centre for Crime and Armed Conflicts
Understanding War and Crime
The Security Service of Ukraine arrested a man in Kherson who collaborated with the Russian occupation administration and guarded a torture chamber. According to the investigation, in the summer of…
On 17 September 2025, the Russian State Duma passed a law denouncing the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and on 29…
The most difficult challenge faced by the Ukrainian legal profession during the war is the problem of ending the usurpation of power, renewing the leadership of the Ukrainian National Bar…
The Russian Federation’s ongoing diversionary activities in Europe, including the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), capable of gathering intelligence, indicate that the Kremlin has…
In the first half of 2025, 112 Ukrainian citizens were granted the status of victims of human trafficking. Among them were 88 men, 17 women, and 7 children. Criminals operate…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…