The first head of the Department of Criminalistics of Odesa Law Academy dies

Valeriy Tishchenko, the first head of the Criminalistics Department in the history of the Odesa National University "Odesa Law Academy", died on January 25.

This was announced by the founder and president of the university, Serhii Kivalov.

He noted that Valerii Tishchenko headed the department in 1998 and held the position for a quarter of a century. The lecturer also participated in the development of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and the Laws of Ukraine "On Forensic Examination" and "On the Bar and Practice of Law."

"In total, more than 20 PhD and doctoral dissertations were defended under his scientific supervision. Until recently, he chaired the doctoral specialized academic council of the National University "OJA" for the defense of dissertations containing information that constitutes a state secret," said Kivalov.

The main areas of Valerii Tishchenko's research were theoretical problems of criminalistics, optimization of pre-trial investigation, and forensic methods of crime investigation. He published about 300 scientific and educational works.

Valerii Tishchenko was a participant and co-chair of the International Congresses of Criminalistics in 2014-2021. He is the Head of the Odesa branch of the International Public Organization "Congress of Criminalists".

Earlier, the chairman of the Kilia District Court in Odesa region died suddenly on January 24, around 5 am in the Kilia Multidisciplinary Hospital. The 45-year-old judge sought help at the medical institution with complaints of feeling unwell, after which he lost consciousness. Despite the help provided, doctors were unable to save his life. Mykola Balan has been working in the Kiliya court since 2008. In 2015, he became the head of the institution, which he managed for five years. After that, Oleksandr Maslenikov was elected as the head of the court, but in 2023 Mykola Balan was re-elected again.

Кирило Бойко