Final of the All-Ukrainian Essay Contest ‘The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Bringing Russia to Justice’

On 4 April 2025, the finals of the All-Ukrainian essay contest ‘The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Bringing Russia to Justice’, organised by the Department of Comparative and European Law with the support of the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the National Bar Association of Ukraine and Popko Brothers & Partners Law Firm, took place at the Educational and Research Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 

130 participants from 30 higher education institutions of Ukraine took part in the competition, submitting essays on AI in bringing Russia to justice. Only 17 participants made it to the finals, where they competed in oral debates at the Institute of International Relations. 

The winners were:

1. Vasyl Vasylenko, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, International legal liability for war crimes committed with the use of artificial intelligence.
2. Steshenko Kristina, Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Artificial Intelligence as a tool of propaganda and disinformation in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
3. Tretiak Sofia, Donetsk State University of Internal Affairs, Kropyvnytskyi, Prospects for the use of AI in litigation: the impact of digital technologies on justice.
4. Petrovskyi Ivan, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, International legal responsibility for war crimes committed with the use of artificial intelligence.
5. Liubchych Oleksandr, Research Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Prospects for the use of AI in litigation: the impact of digital technologies on justice.

Congratulations to the finalists:

1. Blahovisna Oleksandra, Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Artificial intelligence as a tool of propaganda and disinformation in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
2. Vanoian Karolina Armenivna, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Digital heritage of war: the use of artificial intelligence technologies to preserve and analyse evidence of war crimes for future generations and justice.
3. Vedmid Anastasiia, Anastasiia Vedmid, Kyiv, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Peculiarities of using artificial intelligence technologies for preservation and analysis of war crimes evidence for future generations: experience for Ukraine.
4. Myroslav Golovachov, Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Prospects for the use of AI in litigation: the impact of digital technologies on justice.
5. Kryzhanivska Anna Valeriivna, Research Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Prospects of using AI in court proceedings: the impact of digital technologies on justice.
6. Oleksandra Kuzmenko, Educational and Research Institute of Economics and Business Education of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Uman, Artificial Intelligence as a tool of propaganda and disinformation in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
7. Masliukovska Anastasiia, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Digital heritage of war: using artificial intelligence technologies to preserve and analyse war crimes evidence for future generations and justice.
8. Mykhailo Minko, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University; Karazin Institute of International Relations and Tourism Business, Kharkiv, Artificial Intelligence as a tool of propaganda and disinformation in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
9. Ovcharuk Viktoriia, Research Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Digital Heritage of War: Using Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Preserve and Analyse War Crimes Evidence for Future Generations and Justice.
10. Sozansky Danylo, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Prospects for the use of AI in litigation: the impact of digital technologies on justice.
11. Khrol Kateryna, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Prospects for the use of AI in court proceedings: the impact of digital technologies on justice.
12. Cherniak Bohdana, Research Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Monitoring and Enforcement of International Sanctions with the Help of AI: Efficiency and Challenges.

The debate was followed by a final discussion with Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, and Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.