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The overall objective of the Project is to contribute to strengthening the rule of law in Ukraine by supporting a sustainable reform of the justice sector in line with the Council of Europe standards.

This Project is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

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Presentation of the updated edition of the manual “Basics of judicial journalism”

Kyiv 19 September 2016
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Presentation of the updated edition of the manual “Basics of judicial journalism”

Presentation of the updated edition of the manual for journalists “Basics of judicial journalism” took place on 19 September 2016 in Art Prychal in Kyiv within the component of the development of communication strategies of the joint EU/CoE Joint Project “Consolidation of Justice Sector Policy Development in Ukraine”.

The updated edition of the manual was prepared by consultants of project, media-lawyers Ms. Liudmyla Opryshko and Ms. Liudmyla Pankratova in cooperation with USAID Fair Justice Project.

Open discussion following the presentation provided the representatives of the media, NGOs, judicial branch, legal professionals and international community the best opportunity to share the views on obstacles for cooperation between the media and representatives of the judiciary and the ways of establishing a meaningful dialogue for better informing of the public on the courts and their activities.

The Manual informs the reader on international standards and principles covering court activities in media, including decisions of the ECtHR. It covers recent changes in the Ukrainian legislative framework and most recent national case law on the subject. The Manual also provides simple yet useful advice to journalists on how to approach and build constructive and sustainable relations with courts. It further provides recommendations as to interviewing judges, informs about ethical standards of covering court proceedings, rules on access to court premises and court proceedings, access to court judgments, photo and video coverage at courtrooms.

The Manual will be distributed throughout Ukraine among representatives of media, judiciary, journalism departments of universities and other interested parties.

Electronic version of the Manual is available at this link 


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Final Steering Committee Meeting of the EU/CoE Joint Project “Consolidation of Justice Sector Policy Development in Ukraine”

Kyiv 14 December 2016
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Final Steering Committee Meeting of the EU/CoE Joint Project “Consolidation of Justice Sector Policy Development in Ukraine”

 

Final Steering Committee Meeting of the EU/CoE Joint Project “Consolidation of Justice Sector Policy Development in Ukraine” took place in Kyiv, where the achieved results of the project for the period 2015-1016 were presented, possible follow-up needs and measures to ensure the sustainability of achieved results were discussed.

Among main achievements of the project the following were mentioned:

  • adopted constitutional amendments in the part of judiciary are in line with CoE standards;
  • the authority of the HCJ are envisaged by the draft Law on High Council of Justice;
  • procedures foreseen by the draft Law "On Constitutional Court" is an important step in the process of implementation of the European standards;
  • development of the tool on progress review of the justice sector reform – Methodology.

Among other achievements were underlined: improved skills and knowledge of advocates, judges, staff of the MoJ, Secretariat of the Verkhovna Rada and strengthened their capacity to carry out the reforms; fostered the active participation of relevant civil society organisations in the justice sector reform process and improved the cooperation with state institutions.

The participants expressed their gratitude to the project and stressed the need to further support of the Ukrainian side by the Council of Europe and the European Union in the process of implementation of the reform of the justice sector.

Representatives of the Council of Europe, European Union Delegation to Ukraine, Presidential Administration of Ukraine, judiciary, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine, Ombudsman Office in Ukraine, civil societies, other partners of the project as well as international initiatives, participated in the event.