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OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine’s Constitutional Court sign agreement to foster human rights protection, rule of law
Publishing date: 16 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
Yurii Baulin, Chairperson of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court and Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine signed a Memorandum on Co-operation to streamline future joint efforts to strengthen the rule of law, democratic development, promote international standards in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The signing ceremony took place in Kyiv on 16 July 2014...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports dialogue on future reform of Ukraine’s justice system
Publishing date: 2 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
As discussions on the need to improve effectiveness of the judiciary are gaining pace in Ukraine, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator supported a roundtable meeting on 2 June 2014 with the aim of facilitating dialogue on reforms to the justice system...
Law students, legal professionals learn about European Court of Human Rights’ case law with OSCE support
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
More than 100 law students and legal professionals learned about the recent and topical case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) at an international event held in Lviv in western Ukraine from 29 November to 1 December 2013, with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
OSCE supports training for Ukrainian judges on application European Court of Human Rights case law
Publishing date: 28 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
Some 450 judges of administrative courts from across Ukraine were trained in applying provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights to better protect the rights of persons in their interactions with the state, during a series of two-day OSCE-supported training sessions conducted during this year...
Administrative court judges trained on election legislation with OSCE support as Ukraine prepares for repeat vote in December
Publishing date: 19 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
In preparation for a repeat election in Ukraine, fifty administrative court judges were trained in reviewing election-related disputes at a session organized by the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 18 to 19 November 2013 in Kyiv.
OSCE promotes improvement of legal education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
KYIV, 14 November 2013 – Representatives of academia and professional community gathered to discuss the quality of legal education and science in Ukraine and ways of improving it at an OSCE-supported conference that started in Kyiv today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports exchange of experience on human rights protection through constitutional justice
Publishing date: 20 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
YALTA, Ukraine, 20 June 2013- Ways of protecting the rights of individuals through constitutional justice are the focus of an international conference that started in Yalta in the south of the country, today with the support of OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...