Updating the legal support for humanitarian demining in Ukraine with innovative approaches to land release
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37772/2518-1718-2025-4(52)-12Keywords:
demining activities, humanitarian demining, land release, innovative technologies, methodologies and approachesAbstract
Problem setting. The article is devoted to researching the updating of legal support for the application of existing methods and technologies, as well as the improvement of artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies for humanitarian demining in Ukraine. This is critically important for restoring access to and safe use of agricultural land, which is the first priority of humanitarian demining. Analyses of recent researches and publications. The issue of legal support for mine action has been explored in the works of O.M. Botnarenko (on the subjects of mine action), B. Derevianko (on the legal and organisational aspects of demining and land reclamation), S. Poteriaika and A. Okipnyak (mechanisms of state management in the field of mine action). A comprehensive study was presented by Academician V.P. Gorbulin at the beginning of the full-scale war. A thorough description of the subjects of administrative and legal support for mine action in Ukraine based on their current powers was provided by V.I. Teremets and M.Yu. Marchenko. The purpose of this article is to examine the peculiarities and formulate proposals for updating the legal framework for humanitarian demining in Ukraine with innovative approaches to land release based on Ukrainian demining experience. Article’s main body. The article is devoted to the study of updating the legal support for humanitarian demining in Ukraine with innovative approaches to land release. It has been established that modern legislation began to lay the fundamental foundations for mine action in 2018 with the adoption of the basic Law of Ukraine ‘On Mine Action in Ukraine’, which establishes general norms, while details and instructions for use are established by international and national standards. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of innovative approaches and technologies for land release. Conclusions and prospects for the development. Thus, during a full-scale invasion, Ukrainian legislation is logically undergoing intensive updates, introducing the best proven humanitarian demining technologies and their combination at certain stages of humanitarian demining as innovative land release approaches, especially at the level of specialized standards. It is proposed that innovative methods that have been tested and proven effective in Ukraine be transferred to IMAS for updating international standards, especially taking into account the use of artificial intelligence, which significantly speeds up prioritization and other important decisions in humanitarian demining.
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