The UBA Committee on Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law jointly with the Institute of Legislative Ideas invite you to attend the round table discussion “Expert Discussion of the New Draft Law on Establishing Liability for Violation of Sanctions”, which will be held on January 22, 2025, in Kyiv.

Due to the aggression of the Russian Federation, sanctions have become an effective tool to counter the enemy and limit its influence on the Ukrainian economy. However, despite numerous cases of violations of the sanctions legislation, violations and circumvention of sanctions are not criminalized, and the existing measures have no deterrent effect.

The adoption of the new draft law No. 12406, submitted by the President at the beginning of the year, should improve this situation. The draft law is the result of a year-long work of the Ministry of Justice, the Institute of Legislative Ideas and about 10 other bodies and agencies. It offers a systemic solution and is in line with the best international approaches to the criminal prosecution of sanctions violators, including the EU Directive.

In order to familiarize the expert community with the details of the draft law, it is important to present the draft by its developers, as well as to publicly discuss the proposed changes with the prospect of developing solutions for possible improvement of the draft.

Questions for discussion

1. Draft Law No. 12406 on criminalization of sanctions violation and circumvention: background and relevance;

2. Analysis of the criminalization model and possible ways to improve it;

3. How the practice of prosecuting sanctions violations will change.

4. Q&A session

Moderator:

Maksym Sheverdin, Chairman of the UBA Committee on Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law

Speakers:

Inna Bogatykh, Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine

Tetyana Khutor, Head of the analytical center “Institute of Legislative Ideas”, Visiting Professor of Practice at The Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University (USA)

Oleksiy Zakharov, Deputy Head of the Legal Support Department of the Security Service of Ukraine

Panelists:

Yevhen Riyako, Deputy Chairman of the UBA Committee on Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Managing Partner of RIYAKO & PARTNERS, attorney at law

Andriy Fortunenko, Member of the Board of the UBA Committee on Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Partner, Head of Business Protection Practice at Avellum

Volodymyr Yenich, Member of the Board of the UBA Committee on Constitutional Law, Administrative Law and Human Rights, Partner at AVER LEX

Denys Shkarovskyi, Partner at VB PARTNERS

Date: January 22, 2025

Time: 16:00 - 18:00 (Kyiv time).

Format: Kyiv.

Pre-registration is required to participate in the event.

The number of participants is limited. The organizers reserve the right to terminate registration if the maximum number of participants is reached.

If you wish, you can make a charitable contribution and support the institutional activities of the Ukrainian Bar Association by following the link.

For additional information about the event, please call: +38 (066) 495-30-14 or write to: komitet@uba.ua. Contact person - Viktoria Motia.