SUBJECTS OF INTERACTION DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF WAR CRIMES

Abstract

In this article, it has been emphasized that interaction during the
investigation of war crimes is a form of organizing coordinated joint activities
between various entities aimed at solving a common goal in order to optimize the
process of pre-trial investigation of the specified type of criminal offenses. It has
been established that the main features that determine the specificity of
interaction are: regulation at the regulatory and legal level; joint nature of actions;
consistency; purposefulness; variety of implementation forms; subject
composition. It has been separately stated that the indicated signs of interaction
can be specified depending on its type. It has been emphasized that one of the
distinguishing features of this type of interaction is its subject composition. It has
been found that interaction during the investigation of war crimes is mainly
organized and implemented: between pre-trial investigation bodies of different
departments (for example, investigators of the National Police and the Security
Service of Ukraine); between pretrial investigation bodies and other units of law
enforcement agencies (usually, between employees of investigative and operative
units); between pre-trial investigation bodies and other law enforcement bodies,
including foreign ones; between pretrial investigation bodies and knowledgeable
persons (specialists, experts); between pretrial investigation bodies and the
Armed Forces of Ukraine; between pretrial investigation bodies and international
organizations, institutions; between pretrial investigation bodies and the public;
between pretrial investigation bodies and mass media.