On June 26, the National Presentation of the Venice Commission's "Rule of Law Cheklist" was held in Kyiv. The Venice Commission adopted this document in March 2016 as an instrument for assessing the observance of the rule of law in member states of the Council of Europe through an analysis of their constitutional and regulatory frameworks, as well as jurisprudence. The presentation focused on the Ukrainian translation of this document, which was made by member of the Venice Commission from Ukraine Serhiy Holovaty. Participation in the event was taken by Gianni Buquicchio, President of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), Marten Ehnberg, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine, Oleksiy Filatov, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Victor Krivenko, act. Head of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Marie L. Yovanovich, US Ambassador to Ukraine. The presentation of this document was held with the support of the USAID New Justice Program together with the Judicial Reform Council and the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine.

It should also be noted that 2016 marked the twentieth anniversary of Ukraine becoming a full member in the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe after the entry into force on December 7, 1996 by the Law of Ukraine "On Ukraine's Accession to the Partial Agreement on the European Commission" For Democracy through Law ".