FORENSIC EXPERT ACTIVITIES IN UKRAINE DURING THE LEGAL REGIME OF MARTIAL STATE

Abstract

Abstract. In the article the main sources of regulatory legal regulation of forensic expert activity in Ukraine were studied, the analysis of which indicates the lack of legislative consolidation of the definition of the researched category. At the same time, the legislator fixed the definition of «forensic expertise», which acts as the main task of conducting forensic expert activity in general. It has been established that during hostilities, military expertise becomes especially relevant, aimed at determining the value and use of immovable and movable property of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as establishing and evaluating the circumstances of individual events and decisions. At the same time, today it is quite common to conduct a forensic examination and determine the cost of damages caused by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. The possibility of conducting a forensic-medical forensic-psychological examination was noted, since armed aggression causes damage not only to property, but also to life, physical and psychological health of a person. Human health is also influenced by the environment, in connection with which certain aspects of conducting forensic engineering and ecological examinations were analyzed, in particular, with regard to determining the damage caused to soils, forest plantations, and atmospheric air. Particular attention is paid to the fact that in the conditions of the legal regime of martial law, forensic experts are faced with various problems. This is due to the danger to the life and health of the subjects of forensic expert activity, as well as the limited access to obtaining materials for conducting the necessary expert research.