A meeting was held at Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs following the results of a comprehensive training on war crimes investigation, organized with the support of the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) in Ukraine. The event was attended by EUAM representatives: Senior Advisor on the Prosecution of International Crimes/Deputy Lead Coordinator of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group Claudio PALA, Senior Advisors on Investigation of International Crimes Gary CORRIGAN and Vincent HAUGHNEY, legal expert Valeriia TEVSIKOVA and interpreter Oleksandr KOTELENETS.

The University was represented by the Directors of the ERI No. 1 and No. 4 Vitalii ROMANIUK and Mykola MARCHUK, Head of the International Cooperation Department Tetiana MATIUSHKOVA, Deputy Directors of the ERI No. 1 and No. 4 Oleksii SALMANOV and Yurii ONYSCHCHENKO, Head of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology of the ERI No. 1 Yurii ORLOV, Head of the Department of Combating Cybercrime of the ERI No. 4 Oleksandr MANZHAI, other representatives of the scientific and pedagogical staff and higher education students of KhNUIA who participated in the training sessions.

The participants of the meeting discussed the progress of the training, its interim results, as well as the feedback from trainers and trainees. Particular attention was paid to the prospects for further cooperation aimed at improving educational programs and the material and technical base in order to increase the effectiveness of practical training of police officers.

Vitalii ROMANIUK thanked for organizing the training in wartime conditions, called for active discussion and feedback, and also expressed hope for holding similar events at other locations of KhNUIA. Mykola MARCHUK emphasized the positive feedback from the participants of the training sessions, expressed gratitude to the organizers for new knowledge, skills and opportunities for further development. Tetiana MATIUSHKOVA thanked the representatives of EUAM Ukraine for the powerful pool of experts involved in the training on international humanitarian law, international criminal law, victim and witness protection, investigation of conflict-related sexual violence, interviewing victims and eyewitnesses of crimes, specifics of working with vulnerable victims and witnesses, criminal analysis, forensic aspects of inspecting shelling sites, special tactics and tactical medicine.

Gary CORRIGAN noted the fruitful cooperation during the training, the high level of knowledge of the cadets, emphasized the importance of the institution's ability to perform the extremely difficult task of continuing to train police officers in wartime, and also expressed confidence that the university's personnel will continue to maintain a high professional level. Claudio PALA emphasized that the cadets of KhNUIA have a strong motivation to acquire new knowledge and expressed confidence that this will help future police officers successfully overcome challenges on their professional path.

Yurii ORLOV noted that the main task of the university is to ensure a high level of the educational process, which requires improving and updating the material and technical base of KhNUIA. He presented a project for a specialized training ground "Court Hall", which can be used for classes on solving certain types of crimes.

Oleksandr MANZHAI drew the attention of those present to the fact that KhNUIA is the only higher education institution in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that trains specialists in the specialty "cybersecurity and information protection", but requires appropriate material and technical equipment to conduct high-quality training. As a potential example of such equipment, he called the police training center (in terms of training in special equipment and technical information protection) with a server and artificial intelligence, which can be used to conduct exercises, quests and other training for cadets and all personnel of KhNUIA.

Following the meeting, the parties confirmed their intentions to continue cooperation and implement new joint initiatives to ensure high-quality training of future law enforcement officers of Ukraine. https://univd.edu.ua/uk/news/22341