Since the onset of the international armed conflict with the Russian Federation in 2014, Ukraine has faced the challenge of establishing a comprehensive transitional justice framework. This framework is crucial for ensuring accountability, reparations, memorialization, and guarantees of non-recurrence.

This event, which is organized by The Human Rights Institute of the Ukrainian Bar Association (UBAHRI), will explore how transitional justice principles can be adapted to Ukraine's unique context, addressing both historical and current challenges, including colonization and the legacies of the Soviet past.

• Date: July 16
• Time: 16:00 – 18:00 (Kyiv) / 15:00 – 17:00 (CET) / 9:00 – 11:00 (Toronto)
• Format: Online (registration required via our website)
• Languages: English and Ukrainian (simultaneous interpretation provided)

The focus of the discussion:

• Why Ukraine needs transitional justice now — not after the war
• Transitional justice in the context of international armed conflicts and colonisation v. civil conflicts: bridging the conceptual gap
• Accountability and institutional reform in times of war
• Soviet legacy and the war: addressing historical injustices through a transitional justice lens

THE AGENDA

Moderator: Inna Liniova, Director of the Human Rights Institute, Ukrainian Bar Association

Opening remarks: 

• Mykola Stetsenko, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association

Speakers:

• Keynote address — Bernard Duhaime, Special UN Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence (Transitional justice in the context of international armed conflicts and colonisation)

• Malek Abohousene, Syria Program Officer, ICTJ (Transitional justice in the context of protracted conflict in Syria: global lessons for Ukraine)

• Anton Korynevych, Director of the Department of International Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ambassador-at-Large, Ukraine’s agent at the International Court of Justice (Approaches to Justice: Can Ukraine Pioneer a New Transitional Justice Model)

Q&A session

More about event you can find here.

Prior registration is MANDATORY to participate.

REGISTRATION

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

SUPPORT

For further details, please contact Daria Lupiichuk at +380 (97) 256-30-41 or gr@uba.ua.