International experience of combating criminal interference with the legal activities of military formations

Abstract

The article analyzes international and foreign experience in combating criminal obstruction of the legitimate activities of military formations. Based on the experience of foreign countries, the strategies and methods used to prevent and counteract criminal obstruction of military operations are highlighted. International legal acts and agreements aimed at ensuring the security and protection of the legitimate interests of military formations in the performance of their duties are studied.
 Military formations performing their duties in conflict and insecure environments often face criminal obstruction of their legitimate activities. This may include attacks on the military, destruction of military property, restriction of access to resources and other acts aimed at violating the rule of law and disrupting the military regime.
 The issue of criminal obstruction of legitimate activities in the international and/or foreign dimension attracts the attention of both domestic and international scholars. At the same time, in the scientific literature, this issue is considered to a limited extent only in relation to obstruction of a specific type of activity of a person, business entities, officials, public and state figures, journalists and other victims. This is highlighted in the scientific works of such scholars as N.O. Gutorova, S. V. Mohonchuk, and Y V. Pylypenko [1, p. 79]. However, the science of criminal law lacks a theoretical basis for the international and foreign experience of combating criminal obstruction of the lawful activities of military formations. Thus, the purpose of the article is to reveal this issue and to provide a theoretical substantiation of the key elements of the crime under Article 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
 M.D. Sergievsky stated that scientific research cannot be limited to the positive law of any one nation (domestic law). And the necessary material should be the used definitions of the law of other states [2, p. 3].