The role of the media as a parallel tool of justice for crimes against a civilian population

El papel de los medios de comunicación como herramienta paralela de justicia para los delitos contra la población civil

• Yuriy Bidzilya Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5134-3239
• Lidiya Snitsarchuk Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7272-9357
• Yevhen Solomin Uzhhorod National University, 88000, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6770-5505
• Hanna Hetsko Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7684-4790
• Liubov Rusynko-Bombyk Uzhhorod National University, Uzhhorod, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-9217

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4074.15

Keywords: human rights, international crimes, justice system, mass media, social networks

Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the forms of media involvement in justice for crimes against the civilian population. The research was conducted using the methods of systems approach, descriptive analysis, forecasting, systematic sampling and comparative method. The mass media as an institution of civil society have ample opportunities for active participation in justice, in particular, in the detection and documentation of crimes, social support to victims, coordination of efforts of governmental and non-governmental entities. The media is an active subject in justice for crimes against the civilian population. However, their functions are not of a legal nature; they are aimed at establishing the completeness and objectivity of the facts. It is concluded that the prospects for the development of media activities envisage the model, which focuses on the detection and documentation of crimes, in particular through the latest technologies; provision of social support and opportunities for victims to express their position while facilitating the coordination of efforts between governmental and non-governmental entities interested in justice for crimes against civilians.

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