On March 17, 2026, the All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference on the topic: «Current Problems of Protecting Human and Citizen Rights under Martial Law in Ukraine», dedicated to the 35th Anniversary of Ukraine's Independence, was held in a mixed format.

The Director of the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine Oleksandr Skrypniuk addressed the participants of the Conference with a welcoming speech. In his welcoming speech, Oleksandr Skrypniuk noted that the Institute has launched a series of scientific events dedicated to the 35th Anniversary of Ukraine's Independence, and today's conference is dedicated to a very important topic: the protection of human and citizen rights under martial law in Ukraine. «The issue of protecting human and citizen rights under martial law in Ukraine, — emphasized Oleksandr Vasylyovych, — today is gaining particular relevance both around discourses and in terms of their practical implementation and provision. In conditions of war, the problem of ensuring human rights and freedoms is becoming more urgent, while the national and international mechanism for their implementation and protection acquires certain special features. Therefore, this topic is very relevant».

After the opening remarks, the main part of the conference began, at which leading scientists of the Institute delivered reports dedicated to the protection of human and citizen rights in Ukraine in accordance with the norms of civil, environmental, labor, administrative, criminal law, and social security law.

In general, the issues that were the subject of discussion at the conference were: The idea of ​​protecting human rights in armed conflicts in the creative heritage of Ukrainian jurists; The functions of the state in protecting human rights in martial law; Legal and political principles for ensuring human rights during martial law; Trends in the development of the protection of human and civil rights under martial law in the context of the relationship between the constitutional legislation of Ukraine and international and EU standards.

The moderators of the 1st section of the conference were: Olexandr Skrypniuk and Nataliya Onishchenko.

The following made scientific reports: Nataliya Onishchenko, Deputy Director of the Institute, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Law of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine («Protection of the rights of female servicewomen: characteristic features and nature of the phenomenon»); Angelika Krusyan, Scientific Secretary of the Institute, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine («Constitutional and Legal Principles of Ensuring Human Rights under Martial Law in Ukraine»); Volodymyr Nagrebelny, Deputy Director of the Institute, Candidate of Law, Senior Researcher, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Law and Human Rights of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine («Features of Administrative and Legal Provision of Citizens' Rights and Freedoms under Martial Law»); Oleg Martselyak, leading researcher of the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, Doctor of Law, Professor («The Role of the Head of State in Ensuring the Rights of Servicemen in Ukraine in Conditions of Military Aggression»); Olexandr Batanov, leading researcher of the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine («Human Dimension of Municipal Law: Main Determinants of the Formation of a New Paradigm in Conditions of Modern Challenges»); Olga Andriyko, leading researcher of the Department of Problems of Public Administration and Administrative Law, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Law and Human Rights of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine («Rights and Obligations of a Person and a Citizen in Conditions of Martial Law in Ukraine»); Dmytro Bezzubov, leading researcher of the Department of Public Administration and Administrative Law, Doctor of Law, Professor («Administrative and Legal Aspect of Effectiveness of Ensuring Legal Security of Legal Entities»); Ihor Usenko, leading researcher of the Department of History of State and Law of Ukraine, Candidate of Law, Professor, First Vice-President of the International Association of Legal Historians, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine («Human Rights and the Rights of an Educator and Scientist in Conditions of Martial Law»); Iryna Kresina, leading researcher of the Sector of Legal Problems of Political Institutions and Processes, Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Political Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Political Sciences, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine(«Conceptual Rethinking of the Right to Truth in Conditions of Wartime in Ukraine»); Oksana Kukuruz, Head of the Sector of Legal Problems of Political Institutions and Processes, Doctor of Political Sciences («Political and Legal Conditions for Ensuring Human Rights during the Russian-Ukrainian War: the Mission of the Parliament»); Lyudmila Kisil, Senior Researcher of the Department of Public Administration and Administrative Law Problems, Candidate of Law, Senior Researcher, Associate Professor («Administrative Legal Personality of Ukrainian Citizens in Wartime through the Prism of Administrative and Legal Instruments for the Protection of Human and Civil Rights and Freedoms»).

At the 2nd plenary session, moderated by Angelika Krusyan, reports were made by: Nataliya Malysheva, Chief Researcher of the Department of Agrarian, Land, Environmental and Space Law Problems of the Institute, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics («Interrelation of Security and Environmental Factors for Ensuring the Environmental Rights of the Individual in Conditions of Martial Law»); Pavlo Kulynich, Head of the Department of Agrarian, Land, Environmental and Space Law, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine («The Right of Participants in Combat Operations in Ukraine to Land: Problems and Prospects»); Anatoly Babaskin, Head of the Department of Civil Law, Doctor of Law, Professor («Simple Electronic Signature in the Sphere of E-Commerce: Problems and Challenges»); Mykola Siryi, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Candidate of Law, Senior Research Fellow («Human Rights and Freedoms in Conditions of Prolonged Full-Scale War»); Vyacheslav Oleshchenko, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Agrarian, Land, Environmental and Space Law, Director of the Center for Space, Energy, Nuclear and Environmental Law of the Institute, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine («Formation of the System of Legal Support for the Protection of Environmental Human Rights in Ukraine: Stages, Problems, Trends and Prospects for Improvement»); Yana Pavko, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of International Law and Law of the European Union, Candidate of Law Sciences («The Human Right to a Safe Environment for Life and Health: Implementation during Martial Law in Ukraine»).

Yevhen Rominsky, Scientific Secretary of the Organizing Committee, Research Fellow of the Department of History of the State and Law of Ukraine noted that the conference was organized within the framework of Research project of the V.M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine «Comprehensive scientific research on the current problems of protecting human and civil rights under martial law in Ukraine» (IV quarter 2025 — II quarter 2026).

Summing up the conference, Olexandr Skrypniuk noted that today the Institute's scientists have united to discuss the current problems of protecting human and civil rights in Ukraine under martial law. The scientific findings will be published in a separate collection of conference materials.