The Center of Ukrainian Law at the VU Law Faculty kindly invites you to the Panel Discussion “Paving Path to Justice in Ukraine – Overcoming Evidence Collection Challenges in Time of War” where scholars and experts from Lithuania, Ukraine and United Kingdom will discuss a path of seeking for justice.
The last two years starting from the open Russia’s aggression in and against Ukraine in 2022 and already ten years since the Crimea’s occupation in 2014 have caused enormous suffering to Ukrainian people, mass casualties and losses. Numerous frameworks have been invoked by Ukraine striving for stopping the aggression and seeking for Russia’s accountability. Many States, including Lithuania, have made efforts in supporting Ukraine not only by humanitarian, economic, military means, but also joining forces at the legal field in order to cooperate in proving international crimes committed in Ukraine and making Russia accountable for them.
Where are we now? The discussion mainly focuses on the issue, how far the movement towards seeking justice in Ukraine has reached and what progress in legal processes, including evidence collection, has been achieved.
Agenda:
- Moderating the panel discussion and introductory speech – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Indrė Isokaitė-Valužė, Head of the Ukrainian Law Centre of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University (Lithuania)
- The Crime of Genocide in Ukraine: Issue of Evidence Collection – Prof. Dr. Vitalii Gutnyk, International Law Department, Faculty of International Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine)
- Digital Forensic and Evidence-gathering Techniques in Ukraine War Crime with Real Examples – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kateryna Latysh, the Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Law Centre of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University (Lithuania), Prof. Dr. Valeriy Shepitko and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vasil Bilous, Criminalistics Department, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Ukraine)
- “User-Generated Evidence (UGE/OSINT)”: the Definition and Forms of UGE, Benefits and Challenges – Prof. Dr. Yvonne McDermott Rees, Swansea University (United Kingdom)
- Justice for Ukraine: Lithuania’s Contributions towards Accountability – Dr. Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė, Vice Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, Law Faculty of Vilnius University (Lithuania)
- Proving Russia’s Crimes in Ukraine: a Look From a Judge’s Perspective – Prof. Dr. Gabrielė Juodkaitė-Granskienė, Law Faculty of Vilnius University (Lithuania)
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Russia’s Aggression against Ukraine since 2014: Avenues for Accountability and Reparations – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kateryna Busol, Law Faculty of National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (Ukraine)
- Seeking Accountability for Russia’s Violations through the International Court of Justice and the Convention on the Prohibition and Punishment of Genocide – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elena Katselli, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
We kindly invite you to the event. Registration required.