Project title
Support to the judicial reform in Ukraine
project duration
The project duration is 31 months: 1 June 2018 to 30 December 2020.
Project budget

Euro 1,110,000 (reduced to Euro 860,000)

Project partners

Supreme Court, Ukrainian National Bar Association, High Council of Justice, High Qualification Commission of Judges, Office of the President of Ukraine, Ministry of Justice.

Key issues to be addressed
  • the reform of the judiciary in terms of the practice derived from the adopted legislation (2016-2020), including uniformity of judicial practice and functioning of the new courts and judicial institutions.
  • changes in the system of the bar including the introduction of the obligatory representation in courts by advocates and strengthening of the system of the free legal aid.
Brief description of project
The project is being implemented in Ukraine in co-operation with Ukrainian counterparts – the Judicial Reform Council, the Supreme Court, the High Council of Justice, the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, the Council of Judges of Ukraine, and others. The project is managed by the Justice and Legal Co-Operation Department of the Directorate General of Human Rights and Rule of Law.
Project objectives

To support Ukraine in the completion of the judicial reform and in the implementation of the newly-adopted legislation with the aim of ensuring functioning and organisation of judiciary, bar and free legal aid system under newly established legislation are in compliance with the Council of Europe standards.

Project components

1 – Support to the legislative development

Aim of the component: to provide advice to the Ukrainian authorities in developing legislation on functioning of the judiciary and bar, including through the provision of expertise/assessments/opinions/recommendations

2 – Support to the development of functioning of courts and judicial institutions under the reformed legislation

Aim of the component: to support the development of functioning of courts and judicial institutions, namely, the High Council of Justice, under new legislation so as new court practice, practice of the High Council of Justice within the new powers, issues of publicity with regard to judges, practice of management of the judicial dossier are in line with the CoE standards

3 – Support to the development of bar in Ukraine

Aim of the component: to support development of the new legal institute of the obligatory representation in courts by advocates and of the free legal aid system on civil and administrative cases so as respective procedural aspects and quality of legal advices are in line with the CoE standards and the best European practise

Expected results
  1. The amended legislation in Ukraine allows the judiciary and the bar in their practice to adhere to Council of Europe standards .
  2. Functioning of courts and judicial institutions under the reformed legislation framework follows the standards of the Council of Europe and the relevant European practices.
  3. The involvement of the bar in litigation in terms of procedure and practice comply with the Council of Europe standards.
Project News

Back Public discussion on draft procedural legislation submitted by the President of Ukraine to the Parliament of Ukraine

Ukraine: Support to the implementation of the judicial reform
Public discussion on draft procedural legislation submitted by the President of Ukraine to the Parliament of Ukraine

A public discussion of the draft law of the President of Ukraine “On amendments to the Commercial Procedural Code of Ukraine, the Civil Procedural Code of Ukraine, the Code of Administrative Procedure of Ukraine and other legislation” took place on 7 April 2017 in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the conference “Reform of the procedural legislation: effective justice or new challenges?”.

The event was jointly organized by the Judicial Reform Council, the newspaper “Yuridicheskaya Praktika” (Legal Practice) and by the Council of Europe project “Support to the implementation of the judicial reform in Ukraine”.

The participants were informed about the main novelties of the draft procedural legislation by the following speakers: Mr Oleksii Filatov, Deputy Head of Administration of the President of Ukraine; Mr Yaroslav Romaniuk, President of the Supreme Court of Ukraine; Mr Bogdan Lvov, President of the High Commercial Court of Ukraine; Mr Mykhailo Smokovych, Deputy President of the High Administrative Court of Ukraine; Mr Dmytro Luspenyk, Secretary of Plenum of the High Specialized Court of Ukraine for Civil and Criminal Cases; Mr Vadym Belianevych, Deputy Head of the High Council of Justice of Ukraine, as well as by judges of first-instance and appellate courts, practicing lawyers, academia etc.

More than 250 participates from Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine took part in the conference and started the discussion on the new legislation.

The amendments to the procedural codes were drafted by the Judicial Reform Council and they involve changes of the main institutes of legal proceedings in Ukraine, including the system and stages of legal proceedings, and, among other things, regulate the powers of the new Supreme Court as the court of cassation.    

The Council of Europe project “Support to the implementation of the judicial reform in Ukraine” aims at ensuring further compliance of the Ukrainian system of judiciary with the standards and recommendations of the Council of Europe.

WEB LINKS TO THE EXPERT DISCUSSION EVENT

High Specialized Court of Ukraine for Civil and Criminal Cases

High Commercial Court of Ukraine

Council of Judges of Ukraine

National academy of prosecution of Ukraine

 

Kyiv, Ukraine 7 Apri 2017
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