May 19, 2023, online, on the basis of the National Scientific Centre “Hon. Prof. M.S. Bokarius Forensic Science Institute” held the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Relevant Issues of Forensic Science and Criminalistics” on the occasion of the anniversaries of outstanding scientists: the 95th anniversary of L. Yu. Arotsker’s birth (“Arotsker’s Readings”) and the 105th anniversary of M. V. Saltevskyi’s birth.
The conference was attended by representatives of ministries, experts, and scientific and educational institutions of Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Moldova, Armenia, Latvia, Turkey, Greece, Israel and other countries.
During the opening of the event, in his greeting to the participants, Oleksandr Ruvin, Director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise, noted the international level of the conference and the importance of the topics proposed for discussion.
Oleksandr Ruvin also stressed that today it is very important to hold conferences with the involvement of international experts, as it allows participants to share scientific and practical experience in the field of forensic science, which is extremely important for experts in today’s conditions of russian aggression on the territory of Ukraine.
Welcoming remarks were made by:
- Nataliia Tkachenko, Director of the Department of Expert Support of Justice of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine
- Volodymyr Zhuravel, Acting President of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Worker of Education of Ukraine
- Oleksandr Ruvin, Director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
- Serhii Krymchuk, Director of the State Research Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Doctor of Philosophy in Law, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine
- Yurii Chechil, Director of the SSU Ukrainian Research Institute of Special Equipment and Forensic Expertise, Doctor of Philosophy in Law
- Serhii Cherniavskyi, Vice-Rector of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine
- Olga Cataraga, Director of the National Center for Forensic Expertise at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, Doctor of Law
- Gabriele Juodkaite-Granskiene, Doctor of Laws, Associate Professor, Member of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Lithuania
- Dariusz Zuba, Director of the Professor Jan Sehn Institute of Forensic Research in Krakow, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Poland, Doctor of Habilitated Chemical Sciences, Professor
- Giedrius Mozuraitis, Director of the Lithuanian Center for Forensic Science, Doctor of Law
- Snieguolė Matulienė, Dean of the Academy of Public Security, Mykolas Romeris University, Doctor of Laws, Professor
- Mara Riapele, Head of the Department of Biological and Chemical Research, State Bureau of Forensic Expertise, Latvia
- Nino Kochiashvili, Head of the Department of Forensic Biological Expertise of the National Forensic Bureau of Tbilisi, Candidate of Medical Sciences
- Argam Hovsepian, Director of the State Non-Profit Organization “National Bureau of Expertise” of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
- Sertan Alibekiroglu, Associate Professor, Lecturer at Gaziantep University, Turkey
- Dmytro Kishko, Director of the Odesa Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
- Maria Zelinska, Director of Lviv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
- Serhii Tiulieniev, Director of the Research Center for Forensic Expertise in the Field of Information Technology and Intellectual Property, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Candidate of Economic Sciences
- Oksana Khorvatova, Professor, Department of International Law and Sectoral Legal Disciplines, Kyiv University of Law, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor
Scientific reports from Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise were made by:
- Nataliia Nestor, Doctor of Law, Senior Researcher, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Deputy Director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine with the topic of the report “Judicial control over the examination in criminal proceedings: history and modernity”
- Oleg Baulin, Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Scientific Activity and International Cooperation of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine with the topic of the report “Topical issues of international cooperation during forensic examination in criminal proceedings”
- Anatolii Starushkevych, Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Leading Researcher of the Organization of Scientific, Methodological Activities of Regulatory Support and International Cooperation Laboratory of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine with the topic of the report “The concept of the mechanism of criminal activity (according to M. V. Saltevskyi)
Also, the participants of the conference from the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise were Oleksandr Sadchenko, Head of the Organization of Scientific, Methodological Activities, Regulatory Support and International Cooperation Laboratory, and Yurii Maznichenko, Head of the Regulatory and Methodological Activity and Standardization Department.
