20:11 Wed 11.10.17 | |
Meeting with CoE experts on the draft amendments to the Law on Bar |
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On October 11, 2017 at the premises of the Ukrainian National Bar Association the UNBA leadership held a meeting with Rytis Jokubauskas and Vahe Grigoryan, the experts of Council of Europe Project “Support to the Implementation of the Judicial Reform in Ukraine”. From the Ukrainian side into the discussion of the situation regarding the draft amendments to the specialized law were involved representatives of regional bars, Heads of the UNBA Committees, as well as Venice Commission Expert Maryna Stavniichuk. The meeting was devoted to discussion of the assessment of conformity of the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On the Bar and Practice of Law” and other related legislative acts of Ukraine” to the standards and recommendations of the Council of Europe. This assessment is carried out by the experts of the CoE Project “Support to the Implementation of the Judicial Reform in Ukraine”. During the meeting the European side was informed that the draft law was prepared and approved without the knowledge and participation of the professional bar organization, which contradicts the international standards of advocates’ rights and guarantees of the practice of law. In this context the UNBA has immediately addressed the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko with an appeal not to submit the draft law to the Parliament, but to reintroduce the bar reform into the regime of public professional discussion with the participation of the bar and the UNBA as its official representative. |
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