Modern experience of using the polygraph in the field of national security and defense of Ukraine in conditions of military threats
Panel discussion
“Modern experience of using the polygraph in the field of national security and defense of Ukraine in conditions of military threats”
Date and time: September 26, 2025 from 10.00 to 2:00 pm in a mixed format with a simultaneous online broadcast on the Zoom platform. Participation in the offline format is pre -agreed with the Organizing Committee.
Organizers: Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Department of Criminalistics; Ukrainian Association of Polygraph Examiners (UAPE); National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Academician Stashis Scientific Research Institute for the Study of Crime Problemsт National Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine.
Main Thematic Directions:
- European and Ukrainian experience in using the polygraph within Ukraine’s national security and defense system.
- Problems of using the polygraph in detecting and investigating crimes against the foundations of Ukraine’s national security.
- Legal, organizational-methodological, and ethical foundations for the application of the polygraph in Ukraine under martial law.
- Genesis and scientific prerequisites for the application of the polygraph in protecting national statehood and in the activities of law enforcement agencies.
- Forms and features of using the polygraph in criminal proceedings under martial law.
- Possibilities of using the polygraph during investigative (search) actions at the stage of pre-trial investigation under current wartime conditions.
- The polygraph in Ukraine’s security and defense system: problems and prospects of personnel training.
- Forensic psychological examination using the polygraph as evidence in court proceedings.
- The role of polygraphy in the system of сriminalistic knowledge under wartime conditions.
- Challenges in implementing international approaches to the legal and regulatory framework for polygraph use in Ukraine’s security and defense sector.
- Analysis of judicial practice regarding the use of polygraph examination results as evidence in criminal proceedings.
- Prospects for using the polygraph in the security and defense sector of Ukraine.
To be included in the panel discussion program, please complete the following by September 24, 2025 (inclusive) submit the abstracts to the email (forumforensicscience@ukr.net). If you also wish to give a presentation, please indicate this in your email to the Organizing Committee. Fill out the participant questionnaire in a Google Form and register on the website of the IX Kharkiv International Legal Forum.
SPEAKERS
President of the Criminalists’ Association of Lithuania, Doctor of Law, Professor of the Public Security Academy of Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania).
Professor of the Uniwersytet Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie) (Poland), Dean of the Faculty of Law, Administration and International Relations, Member of the American Polygraphological Association, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal «European Polygraph» (Krakow, Poland).
President of the Ukrainian Association of Polygraph Examiners (UAPE), Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor at the Department of Professional Psychology, National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, Certified polygraph examiner since 2003 Accredited forensic expert in specialty 14.1 «Psychological research», authorized to conduct forensic psychological examinations using a computerized polygraph, Author of the textbook […]
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Honorary Academician of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, аuthor of more than 200 scientific works on psychology, psychiatry, polygraphology, including known monographs: «Psychological Warfare», «Pathopsychological Analysis of Personality in Law Enforcement Practice», «Political Psychiatry», author of thorough scientific works […]
President of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, full member (academician) of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Professor of the Department of Criminalistics at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, author of over 500 scientific works on criminalistics, forensic examination, and legal psychology (Kharkiv, Ukraine).
Academician-Secretary of the Criminal Law Sciences Department, Full Member (Academician) of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of Criminalistics at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law […]
Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, polygraphologist, author of over 300 scientific works on criminology, forensic examination, polygraphology, including well-known textbooks, manuals, monographs, and other scientific and educational works on current issues in the use of polygraphs in criminal proceedings, judicial proceedings, and law enforcement (Kyiv, Ukraine).
Professor of the Department of Criminal Law Disciplines at Dnipro State University of Internal Affairs, Doctor of Law, Professor, author of over 300 scientific works on criminalistics, forensic examination, criminal procedure, including textbooks, monographs, teaching aids, and other scientific and educational works on current issues in criminalistics, the use of polygraphs in the investigation of […]
Chair of the Forensic Expert Council of the Ukrainian Association of Polygraph Examiners, polygraph examiner since 2015, certified forensic expert in the field of expertise 14.1 «Psychological Research» with the right to conduct forensic psychological examinations using a computer polygraph, Head of the Center for Retraining and Advanced Training of the Faculty of Psychology and […]
Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Doctor of Law, Professor, author of over 300 scientific works on criminalistics, forensic examination, criminal procedure, including current issues in the use of polygraphs in pre-trial investigations and court proceedings in criminal cases (Lviv, Ukraine).
Professor of the Department of Criminalistics, Detective and Operational-Investigative Activities at the National University «Odessa Law Academy», Doctor of Law, Professor, author of over 200 scientific works on criminalistics, forensic examination, criminal procedure, including current issues in the use of polygraphs in the investigation of criminal offenses (Odessa, Ukraine).
MODERATOR
Head of Criminalistics Department Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Doctor of Law, Professor, Chairman of the Scientific and Methodological Council Ukrainian Association of Polygraph Examiners (UAPE), Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, polygraphologist since 2017, Principal Research Scientist at the Academician Stashis Scientific Research Institute for the Study of Crime Problemsт National Academy of Law Sciences of […]
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Rector of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
Anatoly Hetman
