On April 14, 2023, on the basis of the Academy of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, an international scientific and practical conference “Actual problems of penal enforcement law and execution of punishments” was held in memory of professors N. A. Struchkov and M. P. Melentyev on the appointment, execution and early release from criminal penalties in extreme (emergency) conditions (thematic session dedicated to the problems of regulation of the treatment of convicted prisoners of war). The co- organizers of this event, in addition to the Department of Penal Enforcement Law of the Academy of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, were the St. Petersburg Academy of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the Institute of Judicial Enforcement Service of the University of Internal Affairs of Mongolia, as well as the Union of Criminologists and Criminologists. The conference was the first of its kind and identified areas for further improvement of theory, legislation and practice in the field of execution of punishments in extreme (emergency) conditions, including the regime of special conditions in institutions of the penal system, as well as correctional and preventive measures against convicted prisoners of war.