Abstract
The armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine forced the international community to face the most daring armed aggression of one state (Russia) against another (Ukraine) since the Second World War.
This is certainly a challenge not only for Ukraine as a victim of aggression but also for the entire international community. The aggressor is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, that is, the body that bears the main responsibility for international peace and security. If the aggressor is not punished, impunity will cause new aggressive actions not only by Russia as aggression but also by other states (China against Taiwan, etc).
The presentation will discuss the following questions: 1) Qualification of the armed conflict in Ukraine and features of the armed conflict that make the obstacles in the application of International Humanitarian Law; 2) International humanitarian law application in the Ukrainian armed conflict: what should be rethought?; 3) Individual criminal responsibility for violations of international humanitarian law in Ukraine.
Bio
Professor Vitalii Gutnyk. Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, Ukraine.
Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise
Theory of international law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law. As well issues related to the activities of international criminal courts and trends in the development of international criminal justice.
Education
2019 – Doctoral degree in law, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.
2007 – Master's degree in law, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.
Latest publications
Gutnyk, V. (2023). The Development of International Criminal Justice: Expectations and Reality. Teisė, 126 (May). P. 101-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2023.126.7
Gutnyk, V. (2023).The International Criminal Court: handbook (in Ukrainian), Lviv, 194 p. (Гутник В. Міжнародний кримінальний суд : навчальний посібник. Львів: ЛНУ імені Івана Франка, 2023. 194 с. ISBN 978-617-10-0770-3)
Gutnyk, V. (2022). The Right to Defence in Criminal Proceedings: International Law Aspects. Teisė, 124 (September), 94-106. https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2022.124.7.
Buromenskiy M., Gutnyk V. (2021). International Legal Problems of Qualification of Armed Conflicts. Cuestiones Políticas. Vol. 39, No. 68,. P. 735-757. DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3968.47
Buromenskyi M., Gutnyk V. The Impact of ECHR and the Case-Law of the ECtHR on the Development of the Right to Legal Assistance in International Criminal Courts (ICTY, ICTR, ICC). Baltic Journal of European Studies. 2019. Vol. 9, No. 3 (28). P.188-204. doi: 10.1515/bjes-2019-0029.