The purpose of the article is to review the topic of investigation and administration of justice in relation to crimes committed during the war in Ukraine, as one of the important elements of transitional justice. The authors focus on the possibility of applying the concept of post-conflict solution in Ukraine after the end of hostilities provoked by armed aggression. The article draws attention to the fact that in order to counter these crimes it must be necessary: to develop effective mechanisms and establish communication within universal jurisdiction with other countries that have experience in investigating Russian military aggressions; extensive use of the capabilities of the International Commission on Human Rights established by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate war crimes committed by the aggressor’s armed forces and violations of international humanitarian law, the prepared evidence of which can be used in all international and national jurisdictions. It is concluded that it is urgent to borrow positive international experience in the standardization of current national legislation, aimed at optimizing the process of documentation and investigation of crimes against humanity, bringing the perpetrators to justice.

Women continue to be victims of violence and the violation of their human rights keep being in the increase as they experienced constant hatred on their status. This article analyzes liability for crimes against women under criminal legislations of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Cameroon by assessing the Criminal Codes rules in both countries in terms of identifying its distinctive features of legal regulation conditional to gender and family differences of subjects is provided. Expert study of criminal legislations related to crimes against women plays a facilitating role in identifying not only real scope of criminal law rules, but also determining if there is a gap in law, or legal regulation is insufficiently socially conditioned. Moreover, analysis of genesis of criminal standards on responsibility for crimes against women made it possible to trace changes in law in relation to such objects of criminal law protection as, for example, life, health, sexual freedom and sexual immunity, honor and dignity of woman, interests of family and its members.

The purpose of the article is to highlight the theoretical and practical issues regarding the specifics of secret investigative (search) actions during the pre-trial investigation of criminal misdemeanors. Taking into account the purpose goal, the following tasks are to be solved: firstly, to identify and characterize the legal basis for conducting secret investigative (research) actions during the pre-trial investigation of criminal misdemeanors; secondly, to outline the problematic aspects of conducting secret investigative (research) actions during the pre-trial investigation of criminal misdemeanors; thirdly, to formulate the author’s vision for the elimination of identified legislative inaccuracies and contradictions. On the basis of the current legislation and scientific literature, the peculiarities of conducting undercover investigative (research) actions during the investigation of criminal misdemeanors have been investigated. The need to conduct a study related to the analysis of the peculiarities of secret investigative (search) actions during the investigation of criminal offenses is due to the fact that the tasks of criminal proceedings are manifested both in the protection of the rights and freedoms of the person, and in bringing the guilty to criminal responsibility. The latter is achieved by collecting evidence during the investigation of criminal misdemeanors, one of the ways of which is to conduct covert investigative (search) actions, which have their own peculiarities. This primarily concerns the limitation of the scope of undercover investigative (search) actions during the investigation of criminal misdemeanors.In this regard, the specifics of conducting undercover investigative (search) actions during the investigation of criminal misdemeanors have been highlighted and characterized. It has been determined that the specifics of conducting the secret investigative (search) actions during the inquiry are devoted to Art. 300 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, the norm of which is both blanket and forceful at the same time: “For the pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses, it is allowed to carry out … covert investigative (search) actions, provided for in Part 2 of Art. 264 and Art. 268 of this Code …”. According to the results of the research, the problematic normative aspects regarding the conduct of secret investigative (search) actions during the investigation of criminal offenses have been identified and ways of their elimination have been proposed.

It discusses the problematic issues of consideration and resolution in a criminal case of a civil claim for compensation for property damage or compensation for moral damage caused by a criminal offense. The essence and content of the "civil claim in the criminal process" is determined, the advantages are noted, and the problems of a civil lawsuit in the criminal process of Ukraine are discussed. The authors propose to consider the filing of a civil claim as a right of the victim, corresponding to the obligation of the criminal prosecutor's office and the court to take measures for the timely reparation of damages. Some reasons are revealed that complicate the implementation of the principle of inevitability of civil liability for a crime committed simultaneously with the procedure for convicting the perpetrator. As a conclsuion se proposes to develop new approaches to the institution of a civil lawsuit in the criminal process of Ukraine, contributing to the improvement of the activities of the criminal prosecution authorities and the court to restore the violated civil rights of victims of crime.

кандидат юридичних наук, доцент, доцент кафедри кримінального процесу Національної академії внутрішніх справ (Київ, Україна) ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4988-0793Анотація. У статті окреслено сучасний стан регламентації підстав проведення експертизи, охарактеризовано фактичні та юридичні підстави проведення експертизи, з'ясовано підстави примусового залучення осіб для проведення медичної та психіатричної експертиз. У результаті дослідження виокремлено три етапи регламентація порядку залучення експерта у кримінальному провадженні протягом 2012-2021 років. Висловлено авторську думку про необхідність уточнення положень ч. 1 ч. 1 ст. 243 КПК України в частині визначення підстав проведення експертизи, оскільки чинна редакція даної норми, а саме формулювання «за дорученням сторони кримінального провадження» є термінологічно некоректним з точки зору визначення підстав призначення експертизи як стороною обвинувачення, так і стороною захисту. Доведено, що положення ч. 3 ст. 242 КПК України, які визначають можливість примусового залучення особи для проведення медичної та психіатричної експертизи, слід удосконалити, зокрема доцільно, по-перше, розмежувати порядок примусового залучення особи до проведення медичної та психіатричної експертиз; по-друге, визначити процесуальний порядок примусового залучення осіб для проведення медичної експертизи.Ключові слова: слідча (розшукова) дія, проведення експертизи, залучення експерта, постанова слідчого, медична експертиза, психіатрична експертиза.