On an object of military criminal offences

An object is one of the four elements of any criminal offence. And it is also one of the elements of military criminal offences. An object is often written about in scientific publications, but in practice an object receives little attention. However, the absence of an object means the absence of grounds for criminal liability. The purpose of the study is to determine the object of military criminal offences. The following methods are used in the research: dialectical method, systemic method, formal and logical (dogmatic) method and historical (historical and legal) method. The current Criminal Code of Ukraine was put in the basis of the study; other legislative acts were also used. The object of military criminal offences is often defined as the established procedure of military service. In this way the direction of military criminal offences is defined in the Criminal Code of Ukraine. A certain procedure of military service is established in order to achieve some useful result. This result is the combat readiness and combat capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military groups formed in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. And the combat readiness and combat capability of Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military groups is proposed to be recognized as a generic object of military criminal offences. The main immediate object of this or that military criminal offence is the combat readiness and combat capability of a military subdivision (military unit). The generic object of military criminal offences allows to determine which criminal offences provided for by the Section XIX of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of Ukraine are military, and which criminal offences provided for by the same Section encroach on other objects.

object of military criminal offences, established procedure of military service, combat readiness and combat capability, military group, military subdivision (military unit)