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Council of Europe concludes the four-year project on the criminal justice reform in Ukraine
A final conference organised in Kyiv on June 13, marked the official completion of the Project "Continued Support to the Reform of Criminal Justice in Ukraine", implemented by the Council of Europe starting from 2015, and funded by the Government of Denmark (the Project). The event brought...
The Council of Europe reinforces the transparency of the functioning of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors
On 10 April 2019, Mårten Ehnberg, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, officially transferred to Head of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors (QDCP), Vitalii Hrushkovskyi, the video recording equipment that will allow recording and online broadcasting the QDCP...
Preliminary observations of the organisational assessment of the Prosecutor General’s Office discussed with the beneficiary
Following the launch of the GPO organisational assessment in December 2018, the project team of consultants from the PwC has spent the last three months analysing the managerial and working processes, as well as institutional, organisational set-up of the Prosecutor General’s Office in Ukraine...
Brainstorm, role play and buzz session - Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision Staff learned new methods of training conduct
On 5-6 March training for trainers “Adult tutoring methods. Training conduct skills” was held for the staff of the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision. The event took place at the PRAVOKATOR Legal Club under the Council of Europe Project “Continued Support to the Criminal Justice Reform...
Continued Support to the Criminal Justice Reform Project’s Fourth Steering Committee Meeting held in Kyiv
On 28 February 2019 the last Steering Committee Meeting of the Council of Europe Project “Continued Support to the Criminal Justice Reform in Ukraine”, funded by the Danish Government, took place in Kyiv. The event gathered the Project’s beneficiaries and partners to discuss the achievements of...
Disciplinary Responsibility of Prosecutors Discussed in Kyiv
On 29 January 2019 the Round Table “Disciplinary Responsibility of Prosecutors of Ukraine” was organised in Kyiv by the Centre for Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR) as part of grant projects of the Council of Europe and the European Union. Presentation of the CPLR research in the area concerned was...
Launch of the organisational assessment of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office
Organisational assessment of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine (PGO) was launched in December 2018 with the Council of Europe support. This comprehensive exercise will lay foundations for the enhancement of the organisational and operational effectiveness of the PGO and implementation of...
Ukrainian delegation visited Strasbourg for high-level discussions on prosecution reform in Ukraine
Since the adoption of the Public Prosecution Service Law of Ukraine 2014, important initiatives were undertaken to advance the reform of the prosecution service and to transform it into an institution compliant with the European standards. Among others, it can be mentioned the 2016 constitutional...
The Council of Europe contributes to the competitive selection of future Ukrainian prosecutors
On 7 – 8 November 2018, with the support of Council of Europe Project “Continued support to the criminal justice reform in Ukraine”, funded by the Government of Denmark, the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors (QDCP) conducted for the first time an anonymous testing of the...
International and European standards concerning disciplinary liability of judges and prosecutors have been discussed during the international conference and workshop in Kyiv
On 19 - 21 October two events concerning the issues of disciplinary liability of judges and prosecutors were held in Kyiv - international conference “Disciplinary liability of judges and prosecutors in Ukraine” and workshop “Disciplinary proceedings against judges and prosecutors in Ukraine”,...
Council of Europe continues to develop a network of lawyers-trainers of the Ukrainian free legal aid system
From 7 to 9 September this year, the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision, conducted two trainings for about 35 lawyers-trainers of the free legal aid (FLA) system from various regions of Ukraine. Trainings were held within the framework of the...
The Council of Europe supports introduction of modern information technologies into the work of prosecutorial support bodies
Within the framework of the Project “Continued support to the criminal justice reform in Ukraine”, funded by the Government of Denmark, the Council of Europe has provided modern IT equipment to the National Academy of Prosecutors of Ukraine (NAPU) and the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission...
First year anniversary of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors and the Council of Public Prosecutors of Ukraine
The Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors (QDPC) and the Council of Public Prosecutors of Ukraine (CCP), the support and self-governance bodies of the country’s Public Prosecution Service, play a crucial role on the national level in enhancing the independence, professionalism,...
Study Visit of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Legal Aid Board of Scotland
On 18-19 June, representatives of the Free Legal Aid System in Ukraine and of the Ukrainian National Bar Association participated in a study visit to Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. The visit aimed at providing participants a closer insight into the work of the Scottish Legal Aid Board...
Publication on the Right to a Fair Trial now available in Ukrainian
The updated version of the handbook on Protecting the Right to a Fair Trial under the European Convention on Human Rights prepared by Dovydas Vitkauskas, a Council of Europe's consultant on justice reform and good governance, former lawyer at the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights, is...
New platform for enhancing access to justice and human rights protection
The legal club “PRAVOKATOR” was opened in Kharkiv on 18 May 2018 by the deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine Ms Svitlana Glushchenko, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine Mr Mårten Ehnberg, executive director of the International Renaissance Foundation Mr Oleksandr Sushko, the program...
The HELP course on Introduction to the ECHR and the ECtHR was launched for 260 Ukrainian candidate prosecutors
On 15 May 2018, the HELP course on Introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights was launched for nearly 260 Ukrainian future prosecutors, as part of their initial training, in cooperation with the National Academy of Prosecutors of Ukraine (NAPU)...
The third Steering Committee meeting of the project Continued support to the criminal justice reform in Ukraine
The third steering Committee meeting of the Council of Europe Project “Continued support to the criminal justice reform in Ukraine,” funded by the Danish government, took place on 14 March 2018 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The project enters now its last year of implementation. The main results with regards...
Expert Consultations on the Draft Law of Ukraine aimed to improve the performance of the Qualifications and Disciplinary Commission of Prosecutors
As part of the Project “Continued support to the criminal justice reform in Ukraine,” the consultations on the Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine in connection with the adoption of the Law of Ukraine “On Amending the Constitution of Ukraine (as to Justice”...
Enhancement of the Ukrainian System of the Prosecutorial Career Management in line with the European Standards and Best Practices
A round table to discuss ways of enhancing the Ukrainian system of the prosecutorial career management in line with the European standards and best practices took place in Kyiv on 13 February 2018. Among the 40 participants there were representative of the Ukrainian prosecution service, agencies...