Analytical note “What are the possible approaches regarding documents issued under the occupation?”

Over the years of occupation, millions of different documents have been issued in the TOT of Ukraine, which are recognised as invalid by the state of Ukraine. However, the question arises as to what consequences this invalidity will have in the context of the reintegration of the deoccupied territories? What are the possible approaches to taking into account information from documents issued by the occupation authorities? Should approaches differ depending on the nature and type of documents and the legal consequences they entail? What documents can be subject to an exclusively judicial procedure due to the significance of the legal consequences or other reasons? And what documents can be issued by administrative procedure?

This analytical note is, in fact, the first attempt to define the list of documents issued by the occupation authorities, and the information from which can be used by the state authorities of Ukraine in a certain order to minimise the negative consequences of the occupation for a significant part of the population of Ukraine living under occupation. The document lists the key categories of documents issued by the occupation authorities in the TOT of Ukraine, which are critical for the exercise of the rights and freedoms of Ukrainian citizens, and for which it is possible to determine the mechanisms and procedures for taking them into account when issuing the relevant state-issued documents. This list is not exhaustive, but gives an idea of the scope of the problems faced by Ukrainian citizens living in the TOT of Ukraine and the tasks that the state faces.