The Project enjoys longstanding and effective cooperation with the National School of Judges of Ukraine. This time the Project teamed up with the National School of Judges of Ukraine to contribute to the comprehensive online training of the Supreme Court. This training is a requirement of the Law and is organised on a regular basis to maintain the high level of professional qualifications of the Supreme Court justices.
On 12 May 2023 the Project delivered the online training on “Applying extradition proceedings in criminal proceedings related to money laundering cases”. During the training, judges of the Supreme Court got an overview of key issues of relevance to decision-making in extradition proceedings, in order to be able to understand the legal challenges related to extradition with an emphasis on international and national standards, procedures, challenges and human rights aspects. Anchoring the general topic of extradition to the money laundering cases contributed to the training with a practical dimension. This is quite relevant under the circumstances when the updated version of the money laundering offence was introduced and the understanding of it is being conceptualized together with the case law.
To ensure the sustainability of the training, in addition to the training materials, the Project also produced and shared with the participants a thematic paper. It embraced the international and national framework, some basic principles, but also possible refusals for extradition, that can be used as an instrument for further discussion on the different mentioned topics. Particular attention was paid to the extradition for offences of money laundering highlighting the process and challenges.
This activity was organised in the framework of the project “Enhancing anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing and asset recovery regime in Ukraine” co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in their Partnership for Good Governance III 2023-2027.