A meeting of the Scientific Circle of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology of the Faculty No. 6 of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs took place on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The Head of the Scientific Circle, Iryna Lutsenko, discussed with the students the accusations made against the top Nazi leaders during the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg. These were the plans of the Nazi group, which included
aggression against the whole world; crimes against peace; war crimes; crimes against humanity, as well as the methods used by the defendants between September 1, 1939, and May 8, 1945, were found to be contrary to the customs and laws of war, and the crimes violated international instruments, such as The Hague Rules, 1907, the Prisoners of War Convention, 1929, (Geneva) and general principles of criminal law.
Members of the Scientific Group expressed their views on the fact that even after the tragedy of World War II, there were persecution, murder, destruction of national groups, as well as aggression, hatred, cruelty and other manifestations of human
activity aimed at the destruction of people. The students also analyzed the current criminal legislation of Ukraine, which protects everyone, regardless of their personal characteristics and preferences.
The meeting ended on a philosophical note, with the statement of the American philosopher George Santayana “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”