Conceptual problems of investigation and prevention of enforced disappearance of persons in the condition of armed aggression

Keywords: enforced disappearance, criminal liability, criminal proceedings, qualification, investigation

Abstract

The article highlights the results of a study of the situation with official investigations into criminal offenses related to the enforced disappearance of persons in the context of armed aggression in eastern and southern Ukraine. The example of individual criminal proceedings presents some systemic problems that arise during the investigation of the facts of disappearance and suggests possible ways to solve them. There are several «blocks» of problems that lie in the field of criminal law, criminology, and criminal procedure. The points of view of scientists and practitioners on this problem are highlighted. It is concluded that Ukraine, in today’s conditions, needs to take measures aimed at improving the legal mechanisms of observance and protection of the right of persons staying in its territory to freedom from enforced disappearance, as well as intensifying law enforcement agencies to prompt, complete and impartial investigation of such facts, their proper qualification, search for victims, identification of those responsible for their disappearance, ensuring that victims receive timely and adequate compensation. The methodological basis for writing the article was a dialectical-materialist method, as well as the set of general scientific and special methods and techniques of scientific knowledge.

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Author Biographies

Dmytro Mirkovets, State Bureau of Investigation

Candidate of Science in law, Deputy Chiefs of the Main Investigation Department, State Bureau of Investigation, Kyiv, Ukraine

Volodymyr Atamanchuk, National Academy of Internal Affairs

Candidate of Science in law, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Support and Examination of Educational and Scientific Institute No 2, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv, Ukraine

Marko Sergii, Lviv State University of Internal Affair

Candidate of Science in law, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminology of the Faculty No 1 of the Institute for Training Specialists for National Police, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Lviv, Ukraine

Irina Dubivka, National Police of Ukraine

Candidate of Science in law, Senior investigator in especially important cases of the 1 st department of the pre-trial investigation department of the National Police of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Antonina Matsola, Uzhhorod National University

Candidate of Science in law, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure, State higher educational institution «Uzhhorod National University», Uzhhorod, Ukraine

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Published
2021-07-09
How to Cite
Mirkovets, D., Atamanchuk, V., Sergii, M., Dubivka, I., & Matsola, A. (2021). Conceptual problems of investigation and prevention of enforced disappearance of persons in the condition of armed aggression. Political Questions, 39(69), 60-73. https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3969.03
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Derecho Público