Ukrainian Bar Association has the pleasure to invite you to participate in a forum dedicated to the first anniversary of the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine, which will be held November 19, 2013 at Radisson Blu Podol, Bratska Street 17-19.

Forum is aimed at large-scale analysis of the results and the application of the new Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Experts will decide on the areas for further work on improving existing rules and eliminating reveled problems.

Forum topics:

- First results of new rules application;

- Equality of the parties in criminal proceedings : Myth or Reality?

- Rights of persons in pre-trial proceedings;

- Functions of the investigating judge during pretrial proceedings;

- Possibility to appeal for the defense in criminal proceedings;

- New Bar system in Ukraine, warranties of advocacy;

- The rights of persons held in secret investigation;

- Application of the European Court of Human Rights decisions in criminal proceedings etc.

Speakers of the Forum:

Oleksandr Banchuk, expert on CPLR administrative tort law and criminal justice;

Denys Bugay, UBA President, Partner at Vashenko Bugay and Partners;

Valentin Zagariya, Bar Qualification Commission Chairman, Managing Partner at Spenser & Kauffmann;

Yuri Sevruk, Deputy Head of Supervision Committee of Interior;

Sergiy Grebeniuk , Counsel at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners in Ukraine;

Nazar Kulchytskyy, Government Agent before the European Court of Human Rights;

Vitaly Serdjuk, Partner at AVER LEX;

Eugene Solodko, Senior Partner at Solodko & Partners;

Igor Fomin, Chairman of Ukrainian Legal Group;

Yaroslav Zeykan, attorney etc.

For more information about the event please contact UBA Secretariat: tel : 0 (44 ) 492-88-48, e-mail: komitet@uba.ua. Contact person - Ksenia Nazarenko.

Registration Fees: UBA members  - 450 UAH (Till 18.10 ), 550 UAH (Till 19.11 ). For other participants 550 UAH (Till 18.10 ), 700 UAH (Till 19.11 )