Monthly meeting of the rule of law donors and implementers was held
On 6 April 2016 representatives of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine took part in the regular meeting of donors and projects\programs implementers in the field of rule of law, organized by the USAID FAIR Justice Project.
Among the attendees of the meeting there were representatives of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, the Higher Specialized Court of Ukraine for Civil and Criminal Cases, the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine, the National School of Judges of Ukraine, the National Ukrainian Bar Association, NGO “German-Ukrainian jurisprudential dialogue,” Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, the US Embassy in Ukraine, the European Union Advisory Mission, the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine, International Development Law Organization, the Leavitt Institute for International Development, the EU Project “Support to Justice Sector Reforms in Ukraine,” Project “Quality and Assessable Legal Aid in Ukraine,” Ukrainian-Canadian Project “Judicial Education for Economic Growth.”
The featured speaker of the event was Mrs. Inna Sovsun, Deputy Minister of Education and Science. Mrs. Sovsun provided an update on the Ukraine Ministry of Education and Science’s efforts to improve the quality of legal education, including a pilot external independent admissions test for candidates for master’s degree programs in law being implemented with support of USAID FAIR Project and the OSCE Project Coordinator in Ukraine. In addition, the First Deputy Minister Mrs. Sovsun shared the MES’s vision for legal education reform, including the overall structure and standards of legal education in Ukraine
At the end of the meeting, the participants exchanged news about current and further planned activities in strengthening the rule of law.
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) FAIR Justice Project has been working in Ukraine from October 2011 to promote judicial reform.
The goal of the Project is to strengthen the rule of law through enhancing judicial independence, improving transparency and accountability of the judiciary, raising awareness of the public about the judiciary to increase public trust and confidence.
Objectives of the Project are to assist in harmonizing the national legislative and regulatory framework for the judicial reform with European and international standards of judicial accountability and independence; strengthen the accountability and transparency of key judicial institutions; enhance the professionalism and effectiveness of the judiciary; increase the role of civil society organizations as advocates for and monitors of the judiciary; implement the Law of Ukraine “On lustration of the authorities” and “On restoring confidence in the judiciary in Ukraine.”
