Forced Passportization and the Problem of Its Criminalization in the International Law
Journal: Teka Komisji Prawniczej PAN Oddział w Lublinie
Year: 2024

The article analyses the problem of forced passportization of Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine by the Russian occupation authorities during Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine. This process began as early as the period of the illegal occupation of Crimea and its scale significantly increased with the beginning of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. It is stressed that the forcing of Ukrainians to obtain Russian citizenship is carried out as pa