Biographical note

A graduate of law from the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics at the University of

Wrocław, as well as of a doctoral seminar at the Willly Brandt Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wrocław. Her research interests include the settlement of war crimes, legal history, international criminal law, and transitional justice. She is currently employed as an Adjunct at the Pilecki Institute’s Center for Totalitarian Studies, where she works on a project entitled “Polish Lawyers’ Contribution to the Work of the United Nations War Crimes Commission” and serves as a deputy to the principal investigator in the research project “(Un)tried Crimes. The Approach of the Law Enforcement Agencies and the Judiciary of the Federal Republic of Germany to German Crimes in Poland (1939–1945)”, project number NPRH/F/SN/0038/2024/13.

Research/academic interests

• settlement of international crimes;
• international criminal law;
• legal history;
• transitional justice;
• Polish-German relations.

Selected publications

Monographs

• Uczkiewicz, D. (2026). Accountability for War Crimes in the Policy of the Polish Government-in-Exile: A Legal and Historical Analysis. Brill Publishing. Access: https://brill.com/display/title/74380
• Uczkiewicz, D. (2022). Problem odpowiedzialności karnej za zbrodnie wojenne w pracach rządu polskiego na emigracji 1939–1945. Instytut Pileckiego.

Volume editor

• Grzebyk, P. , Uczkiewicz, D. (ed.). (2025). The Russian-Ukrainian War. Challenges to the Documentation and to the Prosecution of International Crimes. Routledge.
• Form, W., Uczkiewicz, D. (ed.). (2021). Polish and German Perspectives on Transitional Justice. World War Two and its Aftermath. CSNE

Chapters in monographs

• Uczkiewicz, D. Problem „ustawowego bezprawia” i zbrodni sądowych władz niemieckich w polityce karania zbrodniarzy wojennych rządu polskiego na emigracji. In: Nie tylko Norymberga. Zbrodnie niemieckie na ziemiach polskich 1939–1945 i ich powojenne rozliczenia. 2026. URL: https://ksiegarniaipn.pl/ksiazka/nie-tylko-norymberga-zbrodnie-niemieckie-na-ziemiach,694595
• Uczkiewicz, D. Introduction: The Rocky Road to Justice: Efforts to Document and Prosecute Crimes in Ukraine from a Historical and Legal Perspective. In: The Russian-Ukrainian conflict and war crimes: challenges for documentation and international prosecution. 2025. URL: https://peters.co.uk/book-page/9781032797694.
• Uczkiewicz, D. Precedent for Ukraine. Experiences of the UNWCC of documenting war crimes. In: The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and War Crimes Challenges for Documentation and International Prosecution. 2024. DOI: 10.4324/9781003493785-14. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003493785-14.

Participation in academic and organizational activities

Participation in research projects

• recipient of “Doskonała Nauka” grant awarded in 2023 by the Minister of Science for translation into English and publication of a monograph (project no. MONOG/SN/0019/2023/01);
• deputy to the principal investigator in the research project “(Un)tried Crimes. The Approach of the Law Enforcement Agencies and the Judiciary of the Federal Republic of Germany to German Crimes in Poland (1939–1945)”, project no. NPRH/F/SN/0038/2024/13.