MODERN IT SOLUTIONS FOR ENSURING RUSSIA’S ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IT MILITARY AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33766/2786-9156.106.1.180-191Keywords:
information technologies, war crimes, trial, international court, digitalization of justice, information and legal mechanisms, digital evidence, analytical system, accountabilityAbstract
The article examines the information and legal aspects of using information technolo-gies to ensure Russia’s accountability for war crimes committed in Ukraine. The advantages and dangers of applying the latest technological solutions and tools actively used by Ukrainian law enforcement agencies to document crimes of Russian aggression are ex-plored. It is noted that innovative solutions based on artificial intelligence, big data analysis, cryptography, and blockchain technologies can significantly increase the efficiency of re-cording evidence, its authenticity, integrity, and admissibility in litigation. The main chal-lenges regarding the legal force of digital evidence, and the processes of its verification and preservation while respecting human rights have been clarified. Directions for improving information and legal mechanisms for engaging the latest information technologies solutions to ensure the inevitability of punishment for Russia’s war crimes are proposed: creating a national repository of digital evidence; forming a uni-fied information system of electronic evidence of war crimes; developing specialized soft-ware systems for identifying perpetrators of crimes. The urgent need to develop, with the participation of international experts, unified standards for the use of IT in trials of war criminals is substantiated. It is emphasized that only coherent interaction between the legal and technological spheres will ensure the full use of the advantages of modern information technologies for the inevitable punishment of violators of international humanitarian law and for bringing to justice the highest military and political leadership of the Russian Federation as the or-ganizers of crimes in Ukraine. At the same time, fundamental human rights must not be restricted in any way. A comprehensive approach involving a wide range of experts in the fields of law and IT will help to most effectively employ the latest technological solutions in the interests of justice.
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