The article examines the issue of compensation for moral damage caused to people by the Russian Federation during its armed aggression against Ukraine. The author reviews the relevant theoretical provisions formulated in the works of Professor P. Rabinovych, in particular, the definitions of this kind of damage, of its compensation, of the right to receive the latter, and of the anthropic dignity as a source of all human rights and freedoms and an object of encroachment in case of their violation.

Particular attention is paid to the issue of jurisdiction of Ukrainian courts in cases of compensation for non-pecuniary damage by the Russian Federation. The author analyses some justification problems in the rulings of the Supreme Court on the waiver of aggressor state immunity. Attention is drawn to possible difficulties with the enforcement in a foreign jurisdiction of court decisions that have entered into force to recover compensation from such a defendant.

The author concludes that it is necessary to improve the courts’ approaches to ensuring that the Russian Federation as a defendant is guaranteed the right to a fair trial, in particular, the principles of competition and equality of parties. To effectively protect the rights of victims and to enable the enforcement of court decisions on the compensation for non-pecuniary damage from the Russian Federation, the author offers recommendations on the practical implementation of such guarantees within the current legal regulation in the absence of diplomatic relations and postal communication with the aggressor state.

Bibliography

Authored books

1. Rabinovych P M, Osnovy teorii ta filosofii prava: navch. posibnyk (Medytsyna i pravo 2021).

2. Rabinovych P M, Hryshchuk O V, Pravo lyudyny na kompensatsiyu moral’noi shkody (zahal’noteoretychni aspekty) (Pratsi L’vivs’koi laboratorii prav lyudyny i hromadyanyna, Seriya I. Doslidzhennya ta referaty. Vyp. 9, Svit 2006).

Edited books

3. Rabinovych P, Rabinov ych S, ‘Stattya 3’, Konstytutsiya Ukrainy. Naukovo-praktychnyi komentar (R Stefanchuk, O Petryshyn zah. red, Pravo 2024) 28–33.

4. Rabinovych P, ‘Stattya 68’, Konstytutsiya Ukrainy. Naukovo-praktychnyi komentar (R Stefanchuk, O Petryshyn zah. red, Pravo 2024) 507–510.

Journal articles

5. Rabinovych P M, ‘Pravo lyudyny na kompensatsiyu moral’noi shkody’ [2002] 3 (343) Yurydychnyi visnyk Ukrainy 1, 4.

Websites

6. Vodyannikov O, ‘Mystetstvo yurydychnoi viyny: yak pozbavyty derzhavu-ahresora yuryzdyktsiynykh imunitetiv’ (Livyi bereh 18.07.2022) <https://lb.ua/blog/oleksandr_ vodennikov/523500_mistetstvo_yuridichnoi_viyni_yak.html> (accessed 15.11.2024).

7. Vodyannikov O, ‘Ahresyvni imunitety i imunnyi ahresor: mizh zakonodavtsem i suddeyu’ (Livyi bereh 26.08.2022) <https://lb.ua/blog/oleksandr_vodennikov/527485_agresivni_ imuniteti_i_imunniy.html> (accessed 15.11.2024).