DIGITAL INTERNATIONAL CRIMINALISTS CONGRESS

  • 28.
  • 05.
  • 2021

On 28 May 2021 INGO «Criminalists Congress» and Criminlists’ Association of Lithuania organized Digital International Criminalists Congress (DICC 2021) in Yaroslav Mudry National Law University (Kharkiv, Ukraine). Topic of this event was «Conditions of Teaching Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences at Universities». Language of the Congress was English. 100 participants took part in the Congress in mixed mode (on-site and online). DICC 2021 moderators were Prof. Dr. hab. Valery Shepitko, President of INGO «Criminalists Congress», and Assoc. Dr. hab. Mykhaylo Shepitko, Secretary-Caunselor,  of INGO «Criminalists Congress».

Yuri Bytiak, First Vice-President of Yaroslav Mudry National Law University, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, opened the Congress and described timeliness and importance of the event for high-qualitative teaching of lawyers in Ukraine and the world.

DICC 2021 speakers were representatives from 8 countries: Austria, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine. Representatives from different Universities also took part in this event (Azerbaijan, Canada, Czechia, Israel, Latvia and different regions of Ukraine – Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, etc.).

Speakers presented their own view to conditions of Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences in their countries:

  • «Teaching Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences in Ukraine: Historic and Contemporary Perspectives» (Valery Shepitko, Mykhaylo Shepitko, Ukraine);
  • «Teaching Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences in Lithuania: Historic and Contemporary Perspectives» (Snieguole Matuliene, Hendryk Malevski, Vidmantas Egidijus Kurapka, Lithuania);
  • «Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences in Austria: History – Presence – Future» (Christian Bacchiesl, Nina Kaiser, Austria);
  • «Teaching Forensic Science and Criminology at the École des Sciences Criminelles (Switzerland)» (Andy Bécue, Switzerland);
  • «Current State of Teaching Forensics in Poland» (Tadeusz Tomaszewski, Poland);
  • «Conditions of Teaching Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences in University Education in Germany» (Silke Brodbeck, Germany);
  • «Conditions of Teaching Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences in University Education in Slovenia» (Danijela Frangez, Slovenia);
  • «Topical Situation in Criminalistics and Forensic Science Education (Basically at Universities in Slovakia)» (Jozef Metenko, Slovakia).

After scientific reports and interesting discussions, DICC 2021 participants voted for the special Resolution.

 

 

 

28 May 2021, Resolution of Digital International Criminalists Congress «Conditions of Teaching Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences at Universities»

  • Being aware of the high vocation of criminalists and forensic scientists, who seek to achieve and provide justice with their special knowledge,
  • taking into account the historical, cultural, moral and legal traditions of the relations between the European Schools of Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences,
  • taking into consideration the European integration aspirations of criminalists and forensic scientists, which is reflected in the creation of international and national non-governmental organizations,
  • recognizing the importance of ensuring real mechanisms for the continuous exchange of knowledge between criminalists and forensic scientists in Europe and the world,
  • attaching importance to the implementation of the provisions of the previous Congresses, Symposia and Conferences aimed at creating a common criminalistic and forensic space in Europe and the world,

the participants accepted the next proposals:

  1. To continue the integration of criminalists and forensic scientists through the European Federation of National Associations of Criminalists, which was initiated by the International Criminalists Congress (Ukraine), Criminalists’ Association of Lithuania and Polish Forensic Association (Memorandum, 16 September 2017, Palanga, Lithuania).
  2. To harmonize educational programs that include Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences in order to provide higher education students with an appropriate level of quality of education with the recognition of such disciplines as mandatory at the bachelor’s, master’s and PhD’s levels.
  3. To recognize the need to study Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences in small groups (5-10 students) with the mandatory performance of laboratory works during training.
  4. To recommend a combination of Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences with the use of the practical institutions’ infrastructure, conducting criminalistic and forensic researches.
  5. To initiate internships for teachers and exchange for students in order to create conditions for academic mobility and deepen the study of Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences, traditions and features of their education.
  6. To propose the creation of institutes (schools) of Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences at Universities following the example of the Universities of Graz and Lausanne, as well as international (national) non-governmental organizations following the example of Polish Forensic Association and International Criminalists Congress (Ukraine).
  7. To create groups to study national and international legislation, which provide criminalistic and forensic activities in order to ensure their long-term and strategic harmonization.
  8. To facilitate the holding of the next International Criminalists Congresses in order to monitor the development of Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences and its proper balanced development and exchange between scientific schools (groups).

 

Participants of Digital International Criminalists Congress «Conditions of Teaching Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences at Universities» adopted this Resolution.