On 21 February 2024, the Council of Europe held a workshop for the staff of the Secretariat and the Patronage Services of Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on the key elements of jurisdiction and interpretation of human rights by the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

The European Union and the Council of Europe are working jointly in the framework of their Partnership for Good Governance (PGG) to support the development of constitutional justice and strengthen the functioning of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in line with European standards. Through the PGG project “Support to development of the constitutional justice in Ukraine” they contribute to more efficient procedures and an increased quality of legal interpretation with due regard to the applicable standards, including those based on the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

This Workshop capacitated the Secretariat and Patronage Services of Judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on:

• interpretation of human rights by the European Court of Human Rights and a practical discussion of the application of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in the work of the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine;
• Introduction to the practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union and a practical discussion of the application of the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the work of the Secretariat of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. 

Mr HOLOVATYY, Acting Head of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, and over 50 staff members of the Court’s Secretariat and Patronage Services participated in the training. The recorded workshop sessions will be shared on the Court’s internal platform for the staff members unable to join the event in person.

The PGG Project “Support to development of the constitutional justice in Ukraine” is implemented within the third Phase of the joint programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe “Partnership for Good Governance”. The project implementation is linked to the previous involvement of the Council of Europe in Ukraine, including through the Partnership for Good Governance in the field of strengthening justice (Phase I 2015-2018 and Phase II 2019-2023).