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Practical Considerations for Establishing a Special Tribunal for Ukraine for the Crime of Aggression

The Global Accountability Network will be publishing a cornerstone document related to establishing a Special Tribunal for Ukraine on the Crime of Aggression July 6, 2022. This important white paper is a practical guide on assisting the United Nations and the Republic of Ukraine create a justice mechanism to account for the crime of aggression, an international crime, committed by President Vladimir Putin.

The UBA became an observer of the European Association of Corporate Lawyers

On June 24, 2022, the 45th General Assembly of the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA) was held in Milan. The Ukrainian Bar Association participated in it for the first time. The UBA was represented by Olga Vorozhbyt, a member of the UBA Board, a partner at Kinstellar.

Anna Ogrenchuk, the UBA President, at the conference of the NYSBA International Section: “The end of the war, punishment of the guilty, full compensation for damages, protection of refugees – these are the goals for which we must unite”

On June 21-22, 2022, the Summer Conference of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) was held in New York. A separate panel discussion was devoted to the war in Ukraine. It was attended by: Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, and Anna Ogrenchuk, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association, Head of the NYSBA Ukraine Chapter.

A representative of the UBA Forum of Young Lawyers joined the Committee of the European Association of Young Lawyers for Eastern Regional Cooperation

The EYBA SUMMER CONFERENCE & AGM was held in Strasbourg on June 23-25, during which the creation of the Eastern Regional Cooperation Committee of the European Association of Young Lawyers was approved.

UBA received an award from the Madrid Bar Association for helping lawyers affected by Russian aggression

Inna Liniova, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Bar Association, on behalf of the UBA received from the President of the Association of Lawyers of Madrid (Colegio de Abogados de Madrid) José Maria Alonso the award for active work in assisting Ukrainian lawyers who suffered from the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

Time and Distraction—Putin’s Ultimate Weapons

The world came together almost as one on February 24, 2022 when the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine.  This was a unique moment where the world order, based on the rule of law, rallied around a beleaguered country, as the aggressive moves by Vladimir Putin rocked the international community. It was a critical political moment.

Peculiar properties of preparation for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) and Humanitarian Scholarship for Ukrainian lawyers in England and Wales were discussed at the UBA webinar

On June 9, 2022, the Ukrainian Bar Association with BARBRI and NYSBA International held an event dedicated to the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE), which is a centralized assessment for anyone wishing to qualify as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Exclusion of Russia from the United Nations Security Council

Expert Opinion (empowered by the UJBL)

WHY RUSSIA SHOULD BE EXCLUDED?

Piercing the Immunity Protecting Russian Central Bank Assets: Not Yet?

FIRST LEGAL FORUM EU-EASTERN PARTNERSHIP

The current situation on the international market clearly shows how important dialogue is. We have been planning First Legal EU-Eastern Partnership Forum for a year, but the war in Ukraine, which took the whole world by surprise, caused that the perspective of cooperation between the Eastern countries and the EU has completely changed.