Short bio
Dr. Kateryna Latysh is a legal scholar focused in digital forensics, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and the use of artificial intelligence in criminal justice. She previously worked on a Marie Skłodowska-Curie project at Vilnius University and had taught at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University since 2014.
Her public-sector experience includes roles as Project Manager at the Ministry of Justice and at the Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, adviser to a Ukrainian Member of Parliament, and parliamentary intern to a Member of the Canadian Parliament (2013).
She brings twelve years’ experience as a defence lawyer in pre-trial and trial proceedings. In 2024, she reviews for the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press) and serves on the Editorial Board of Forensic Science Journal (SRCIF, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine).
Work details
- EMAIL: Latysh.Kateryna@ugent.be
- TELEPHONE: +32 492 95 41 21
- TELEPHONE SECRETARIAT: +32 9 264 69 30
- ADDRESS: Universiteitstraat 4, Ghent, Belgium
- ORCID: 0000-0002-9110-116X
Selected societal impact activities
Speaker, Round-table at the Palace of Westminster, London, UK (July 2023; organized by Edge Hill University).
Panelist, AI for Justice Workshop, University of Oslo, Norway (12 June 2025). Link
Co-organiser and Presenter, Universal jurisdiction – Opportunities and Challenges round-table, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania in collaboration with the Office of the Prosecutor General of Lithuania (3 February 2023). Link
Selected media
Selected events
Presenter, War Crimes Archiving Seminar, Kyoto, Japan, 20–21 February 2025.
Presenter, Accountability in the Digital Age Workshop, Leiden University, The Hague, 3-4 June 2024
Presenter, Justice, Recovery and Reconstruction in Ukraine Conference, Edge Hill University, Liverpool, 12 November 2024.
Expertise
Digital forensic, AI for Justice, Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
Investigation of international crimes
Selected projects
SALVUS (Horizon Europe) – Postdoctoral Researcher (Ghent University, Belgium)
Ensuring Safer Justice Outcomes in Online, including Undercover, Child Sexual Abuse Investigations: comparative legal mapping, admissibility of digital/undercover evidence, and EU harmonisation pathways.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (Vilnius University, Lithuania)
Digital Forensics, Open-Source Data, and Artificial Intelligence as Tools of International Security.
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania – Project Manager (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Universal Jurisdiction Project.
Publications
Selected publications
Latysh, K. (2024). Digital-evidence barriers in the Ukrainian case: New actors and standards. Revista Brasileira de Direito Processual Penal, 10(3), e1083. https://doi.org/10.22197/rbdpp.v10i3.1083 (Scopus, Q2)
Krytska, I., & Latysh, K. (2025). International legal cooperation in the investigation of war crimes: Challenges, gaps, and directions for improvement. In J. Giblin, O. Chub, P. Butchard, & O. Senatorova (Eds.), International law after the Ukraine war (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032684635 (Open access chapter: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781032684635-6)
Latysh, K. (2025) The role and legal framework of OSINT in the collection and analysis of digital evidence in the Ukrainian case. In A. Galushko & M. Ochi (Eds.), Collecting cyber evidence during ongoing hybrid warfare: OSINT and citizen-led documentation of core international crimes. Maklu.