OSCE autumn school on criminal law aims at improving the quality of legal education in Ukraine

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine is organizing an autumn school in Kyiv from 22 to 24 October 2015, bringing together law professors from 15 universities across Ukraine to learn about the current trends in criminal law and teaching methodologies.

Prominent Ukrainian experts delivered presentations on novelties in criminal legistlation of Ukraine, liability for human rights violations in criminal law, and the specifics of applying the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights within the criminal law of Ukraine. The upcoming amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine were elaborated on by their author Mykola Khavroniuk, while an OSCE-supported textbook on criminal law was also presented. Following the discussions, the participants will offer solutions to existing issues in the sphere of criminal law.

The autumn school is co-organized with the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, which hosted the event.

This event is part of a series of autumn schools for law professors, which is organized under an OSCE project aimed at helping law schools to promote human rights. The project is supported by the German Government and implemented in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Science and leading law universities.

Earlier this year, experts from the office of the Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine developed the draft national standard of legal education at the Bachelor level, and this was submitted to the Ministries of Education and Science, and of Justice. The document outlines the minimum requirements for every law faculty and is aimed at enhancing legal education in Ukraine.