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Today, April 2, a meeting of the Bar Council of Ukraine is taking place in Kyiv. On the agenda are issues related to the activities of bar self-governing bodies, consideration of a decision by the High Council of Justice, a number of appeals, as well as a discussion of the current state and pressing issues regarding the functioning of the legal aid system.
According to the approved agenda, members of the BCU are to consider the approval of the revised Regulations on the Bar Council of Cherkasy Region and the Regulations on the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of the Bar of Cherkasy Region.
Separately, the agenda includes consideration of the High Council of Justice’s decision regarding measures to ensure the independence of HCJ member R. Maselko in connection with the actions of bar self-governing bodies.
The agenda also includes consideration of three appeals related to the conduct and legality of the actions of BCU member Serhiy Osyka: from Iryna Didenko, deputy head of the Department of international cooperation at the Office of the Prosecutor General; advocate Vitaliy Bilous and Serhiy Osyka himself.
In a separate item, BCU members will discuss the status and current issues regarding the functioning of the free legal aid system.
Read about the decisions adopted during this BCU meeting in the news feed on the website of the Ukrainian National Bar Association.
Rule of Law Roadmap
The Ministry of Justice hosted the first meeting of the working group on bar reform. But instead of professional preparation of legislative changes, we saw exactly what Armada Network Director Dale Armstrong had spoken about the day before in Kyiv: not reform, but a struggle for control over the agenda through a narrow circle of “stakeholders” who create an echo chamber of influence for themselves.
Rule of Law Roadmap
Following its presentation in Brussels, the report «The Ukrainian advocacy in the context of the rule of law and European integration» made its way to Kyiv. It highlighted critical issues both in understanding the very nature of the self-governing profession and in the emergence of a «shadow market» surrounding the Ukrainian advocacy.
Rule of Law Roadmap
On March 13, a meeting was held of the «Organization of the advocacy and self-government» subgroup of the Working Group on the implementation of the Rule of Law Roadmap regarding bar reform. The event was conducted via videoconference.
Guarantees of the practice of law
Today, on 9 March, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe Mykola Tochytskyi signed the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer. This makes our country the 28th to sign this important international treaty.
Discussion
The state interferes most intensively with the human right to liberty when choosing a preventive measure. At this stage, the standard of proof of risk becomes the actual measure of the real meaning of the presumption of innocence.
European integration
Is the state protecting society from crime today, or is it gradually destroying the rule of law under the guise of this fight? These alarming trends were outlined by the President of the UNBA, BCU Lidiya Izovitova, during her speech at the 54th European Conference of bar presidents.
Discussion
The Ukrainian National Bar Association held a roundtable discussion entitled «Artificial Intelligence in the цork of advocates: ethics, responsibility, legal process engineering». Participants discussed how artificial intelligence systems are already being used in the professional activities of advocates and where the ethical boundaries of what is permissible lie.
European integration
The Roadmap on the rule of law is not a law, directive, or other binding regulatory act and, accordingly, does not establish direct legal obligations regarding a specific institutional model of bar self-government.
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