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Rinata Kazak

Lecturer

My research focuses on the development of environmental protection within the legal nexus. Specifically, I examine how legal norms and policies are constructed and evolve over time within the broader context of climate change.

Publications

2026

Rinata Kazak, Denys Shyhal, Greta Česnaitytė (2026) Environmental Law in Transition: A Scoping Review and Doctrinal Comparative Analysis of Ukraine and Lithuania Laws, Vol. 15, Article 69 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/laws15040069
Rinata Kazak, Paulo Pereira, Tetiana Kurman (2026) Introducing "Agriecocide": Framing War-Related Agricultural Destruction in Ukraine Earth: Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 2, p. 92-113 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.53941/eesus.2026.100008
Rinata Kazak (2026) Ecocide in international law: a geopolitical perspective Handbook on the Geopolitics of Sustainability, p. 236-247 (Chapter in book) https://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781035342549.00033

2025

Mariia Turchina, Rinata Kazak, Svitlana Hotsuliak, Denys Shygal, Vitaliy Lizogub (2025) The wartime changes in medical law in ukraine Medicine and law : an international journal, Vol. 44, p. 391-414 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.63776/medlaw2O25.44.3.turchina
Mariia Turchina, Rinata Kazak, Denys Shyhal, Svitlana Hotsuliak, Vitaliy Lizogub (2025) The wartime changes in medical law in ukraine Medicine and law : an international journal, Vol. 44 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.63776/medlaw2025.44.3.turchina

Research

Field in Glyttinge

Reshaping of ecocide in international law

This project aims to explore and analyse the relationship between ecocide and the complex system of environmental protection and policy, particularly in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

News

Rinata Kazak looking down at her jacket.

28 October 2024

LiU researcher ahead of UN climate summit - "I’m optimistic"

Azerbaijan will host the International Climate Summit this year. Although the country is heavily dependent on its oil production, holding the meeting there could actually be an advantage, according to Rinata Kazak, who will represent LiU.