Proceedings of the International scientific and practical conference ―Science and Society in Times of War‖ (June 5-7, 2026) / Publisher website: www.naukainfo.com. – Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2026. - 417 p.

414 регулюванні статусу осіб у сучасних гібридних конфліктах та запропоновано підхід до посилення відповідальності за порушення режиму полону. Практичне значення одержаних результатів полягає у можливості їх використання у діяльності органів державної влади України під час документування воєнних злочинів, при підготовці матеріалів для міжнародних судових інституцій, у правозастосовній діяльності та у навчальному процесі при викладанні дисциплін з міжнародного гуманітарного права. Abstract. Ihor Liakh. Legal Status of Prisoners of War in an International Armed Conflict (Using the Example of the Russian-Ukrainian War). Qualification work of a candidate for the second (master's) level of higher education in the specialty 293 "International Law". The work consists of an introduction, three chapters, seven subsections, conclusions and a list of sources used. The object of the study is social relations in the field of treatment of prisoners of war in the conditions of an international armed conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The subject of the study is the norms of international humanitarian law, the national legislation of Ukraine and the Russian Federation, the practice of treating prisoners of war of both sides of the conflict, as well as the mechanisms of international criminal liability for war crimes against prisoners of war. The aim of the work is a comprehensive analysis of the legal status of prisoners of war in the armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia, an assessment of the compliance of the treatment of both sides with the requirements of international humanitarian law and the identification of legal obstacles to bringing the perpetrators to criminal responsibility. The methodological basis of the study is a comparative legal analysis, a formal legal method, a systemic method, as well as a method of documenting and verifying facts based on official reports of international organizations. The systemic approach allowed us to consider the interaction of international and national legal mechanisms for the protection of combatants. The comparative legal method was used to compare