A meeting with law students took place at the UNBA
The UNBA met with students of the Department of International Law at the Institute of International Relations of the National Aviation University.
The head of the UNBA Secretariat Vadym Krasnik presented the structure and method of electing the organs of advocacy, the peculiarities of UNBA committees, decision-making processes and the powers of key self-governing bodies. The Head of the HQDCBA Secretariat Viktor Vovniuk explained how access to the profession and procedure for the disciplinary liability of lawyers is organized.
Director of the High School of Advocacy Savva Kuzmenko and vice-rector of the HSA, Iryna Vasyliuk, presented the educational opportunities of the school and the short history of advocacy in Ukraine in an interactive form.
To the Institute of International Relations, the UNBA handed over books published by the Center for Advocacy and Law Research, reports on the activities of the UNBA and the state of violations of the rights of lawyers.
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Interaction
Protecting the rights of service members: The UNBA and the Military Ombudsman have agreed on cooperation
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Rule of Law Roadmap
Reform without data and advocacy: what the Ministry of Justice’s launch has revealed
The Ministry of Justice hosted the first meeting of the working group on bar reform. But instead of professional preparation of legislative changes, we saw exactly what Armada Network Director Dale Armstrong had spoken about the day before in Kyiv: not reform, but a struggle for control over the agenda through a narrow circle of “stakeholders” who create an echo chamber of influence for themselves.
Rule of Law Roadmap
Advocacy, European integration and the limits of intervention: an American report presented in Kyiv
Following its presentation in Brussels, the report «The Ukrainian advocacy in the context of the rule of law and European integration» made its way to Kyiv. It highlighted critical issues both in understanding the very nature of the self-governing profession and in the emergence of a «shadow market» surrounding the Ukrainian advocacy.
Discussion
ETAIDF and MMC: where the system fails
The new system for assessing a person’s daily functioning and the practice of undergoing medical-legal examinations have already raised numerous questions — ranging from unclear procedures to difficulties in appealing decisions. These issues were examined by advocates during the roundtable discussion «Problematic issues of the ETAIDF and MMC», organized by the UNBA Committee on the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities and the All-Ukrainian public organization «Human rights union of persons with disabilities».
Rule of Law Roadmap
Access to the advocate profession: a subgroup has identified the direction of change
On Monday, March 16, a meeting was held of the subgroup «Access to the profession and training of advocates. Organizational forms of legal practice» of the Working Group on the implementation of the Rule of Law Roadmap.
Rule of Law Roadmap
Organization of advocacy: subgroup agrees on approaches to regulatory reform
On March 13, a meeting was held of the «Organization of the advocacy and self-government» subgroup of the Working Group on the implementation of the Rule of Law Roadmap regarding bar reform. The event was conducted via videoconference.
Guarantees of the practice of law
Ukraine has signed the Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer
Today, on 9 March, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe Mykola Tochytskyi signed the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer. This makes our country the 28th to sign this important international treaty.
Discussion
Detention as a rule: the UNBA discussed standards for proving risks
The state interferes most intensively with the human right to liberty when choosing a preventive measure. At this stage, the standard of proof of risk becomes the actual measure of the real meaning of the presumption of innocence.
Publications
Volodymyr Matsko Extradition during wartime: when the risks outweigh the request
Volodymyr Matsko Extradition as a systemic form of rights violations
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Ihor Kolesnykov A BRIEF SUMMARY REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE ORDER ON EXTENDED CONFISCATION IN LATVIA REGARDING FINANCIAL ASSETS OF…
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