The Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) invites all interested persons to the presentation of the results of the implementation of the project "The trial monitoring in war crimes cases". The UBA implements the project ‘The trial monitoring in war crimes cases’ with the USAID Human Rights in Action Program, implemented by the Ukrainian Helsinki Union for Human Rights.

Date: October 25, 15:00 - 17:30 Kyiv time
Format: offline (Hyatt Regency Kyiv, 5, Alla Tarasova Street, Kyiv) and online (Zoom)
Language of the event: Ukrainian | English (simultaneous translation will be provided)

Purpose of monitoring:

• Analysis of the new judicial practice regarding the consideration of war crimes by Ukrainian courts from February 24, 2022.
• Forming an idea of the compliance of judicial practice with international standards regarding the right to a fair trial.
• In the case of identifying any shortcomings, drawing the attention of the judicial community to them and developing proposals on possible ways to solve them.

The main methods by which the specified activity is carried out:

• Study of the provisions of international criminal and humanitarian law, human rights, and Ukrainian criminal procedural legislation to prepare the Monitoring Methodology; analysis of court decisions from the Unified State Register of Court Decisions.
• Conducting training events for Project monitors to acquaint them with the Methodology.
• Attendance by monitors of court hearings.
• Conducting public and bilateral meetings, events, working discussions, etc. with national authorities.

Agenda

14:30 - 15:00. Registration of participants. Welcome coffee.

15:00 - 15:10. Opening remarks

Mykola Stetsenko, President of the UBA, managing partner of AVELLUM

15:10 - 16:15. Presentation of the results of the implementation of the project "The trial monitoring in war crimes cases"

Moderator: Zlata Simonenko, national expert of the project "The trial monitoring in war crimes cases" (online)

Dmytro Hladkyy, expert of the project "The trial monitoring in war crimes cases"

Oksana Kvasha, expert of the project "The trial monitoring in war crimes cases", leading researcher of the Department of problems of Criminal Law, criminology and the Judicial System of the Institute of State and Law named after V. M. Koretskyi, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, doctor of Legal Sciences, professor

Ewelina Ochab, programme lawyer with the IBA's Human Rights Institute and co-founder of the Coalition for Genocide Response

16:15 - 17:15. Discussion of the results of the implementation of the project "The trial monitoring in war crimes cases"

Co-Moderators:

• Inna Liniova, UBA International Operations Advisor
• Gennadiy Zelenov, Head of the Department of Analytical Assistance to Courts of Cassation and the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Department of Analytical and Legal Work of the Apparatus of the Supreme Court

17:15 - 17:30. Coffee

Participation in the event is free. REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY.

For additional information about the event, contact: +380 (96) 742-71-07, e-mail: kpyshchyk@uba.ua. Contact person - Kateryna Pyshchyk.

This event was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the framework of the Human Rights in Action Program implemented by the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.

The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for 55 years. In Ukraine, USAID’s assistance focuses on three areas: Health and Social Transition, Economic Growth and Democracy and Governance. USAID has provided 1.8 bln. technical and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine since 1992.

For additional information about USAID programs in Ukraine, please visit our website: http://ukraine.usaid.govor our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/USAIDUkraine.