Support to the implementation of the judicial reform in Ukraine

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This event is jointly organised by the Council of Europe project “Support to the implementation of the judicial reform in Ukraine”, the Appeal Court of the Zaporizhya Oblast and the Association of

Judges of Zaporizhya Oblast

Support to the implementation of the judicial

reform in Ukraine

High-Level Conference

of

Presidents of Senior Courts and Appeal Courts of Ukraine

“European standards and the role of court presidents”

PROGRAMME

26-27 May 2016, Zaporizhya

Venue of the conference:

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Objective of the event:

- to discuss the standards of the Council of Europe and practice of European countries concerning the powers of the court presidents and functioning of justice, including in the light of the upcoming Opinion of the CCJE no. 19;

- to analyse the changing powers of the court presidents as a part of the judicial

reform processes in Ukraine;

- to discuss the functioning of courts in the situations affected by the conflicts in the East and South of Ukraine.

Participants:

- presidents and judges of the Supreme Court of Ukraine and of the three high courts;

- presidents of appeal courts of the general, administrative and commercial jurisdictions;

- representatives of the Council of Judges of Ukraine; - judges of other levels within the court system; - representatives of the Presidential Administration.

Themes for discussion:

- role and powers of court presidents in Ukraine and in Europe;

- links between the role of court presidents and the quality of the functioning of

justice in Ukraine;

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PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE: 26 May 2016

09.30 Welcoming coffee

10.00 – 11.00 Opening of the Conference

 Ms Valentyna Simonenko, Head of the Council of Judges of

Ukraine, judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine

 Mr Borys Gulko, President of the High Specialised Court of

Ukraine on Civil and Criminal Matters

 Mr Oleksandr Nechytailo, President of the High Administrative

Court of Ukraine

 Mr Bogdan Lvov, President of the High Commercial Court of

Ukraine

 Mr Oleksandr Volkov, judge of Supreme Court of Ukraine

 Mr Kostyantyn Bryl, Head of Zaporizhya State Oblast

Administration

 Mr Grygoriy Samardak, Head of Zaporizhya Oblast Council

 Mr Volodymyr Buryak, Mayor of Zaporizhya

 Mr Viktor Korolenko, Head of the Unit on Representation of the

President in Courts at the Presidential Administration of Ukraine

 Mr Viktor Gorodovenko, President of the Appeal Court of

Zaporizhya Oblast

 Mr Plamen Nikolov, Legal Adviser, Division for Legal

Co-operation, Justice and Legal Co-operation Department, Council of Europe, Strasbourg

11.00 – 13.00 Session I. The change of the role and powers of court presidents in Ukraine in the light of recent judicial reforms

 Mr Oleksandr Nechytailo, President of the High Administrative

Court of Ukraine

 Mr Bogdan Lvov, President of the High Commercial Court of

Ukraine

Zaporizhya Oblast, member of the CCJE Working Group on Opinion 19

General Discussion

Moderator of session I:

Mr Andrii Kavakin, Project Manager of the Project “Support to the Implementation of the Judicial Reform in Ukraine”

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14.00 – 15.30 Session II. The role and powers of court presidents – the international outlook

 Ms Diana Kovatcheva, Doctor in International Law and

Іnternational Relations, Council of Europe international expert

 Mr Donald Chiasson, National Judicial Institute, Director of

Legal and Educational Programming, Canada

 Mr Taras Vavrynchuk, Lawyer of the European Court of Human

Rights

 Mr John Cubbon, Strategic Judiciary Reform Adviser, EU

advisory mission

Moderator of session II:

Ms Inna Liniova, Project Officer of the Project “Support to the Implementation of the Judicial Reform in Ukraine”

15.30 – 17.00 Session III. The role and powers of court presidents in conflict-affected areas

 Mr Oleksand Ageev, President of Appeal Court of Donetsk

Oblast

 Mr Volodymyr Gavrylyuk, President of Appeal Court of

Lugansk Oblast

 Mr Taras Vavrynchuk, Lawyer of the European Court of

Human Rights

Moderator of session III:

17.00 – 17.30 Wrap Up of the Day

Zaporizhya Oblast

 Mr Plamen Nikolov, Legal adviser, Division for Legal

Co-operation, Justice and Legal Co-operation Department

18.30 Dinner for participants of the conference,

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PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE: 27 May 2016

10.00 Welcoming coffee

10.30 – 10.45 Opening of the second day

Zaporizhya Oblast

 Ms Inna Liniova, Project Officer of the Project “Support to the

Implementation of the Judicial Reform in Ukraine”

10.45 – 12.30 Session IV. Networking of the presidents of appeal courts in Ukraine

 Ms Tatyana Chumachenko, member of the Council of Judges of

Ukraine, judge of the High Administrative Court of Ukraine

 Mr Oleksandr Martynenko, President of the Dnepropetrovsk

Administrative Appeal Court

Moderator of Session IV:

12.30 – 13.00 Session V. Support of the Council of Europe project to the networking of appeal courts

 Ms Inna Liniova, Project Officer of the Project “Support to the

Implementation of the Judicial Reform in Ukraine”

General Discussion 13.00 – 13.30 Wrap Up of the Day