Support to the implementation of the judicial reform in Ukraine

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1 Support to the implementation of the judicial reform in High-Level Conference of Presidents of Senior Courts and Appeal Courts of European standards and the role of court presidents PROGRAMME May 2016, Zaporizhya Venue of the conference: Kozak Palats, Zaporizhya, Peremoha Str., 70B

2 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 ; - to discuss the functioning of courts in the situations affected by the conflicts in the East and South of. Participants: - presidents and judges of the Supreme Court of and of the three high courts; - presidents of appeal courts of the general, administrative and commercial jurisdictions; - representatives of the Council of Judges of ; - judges of other levels within the court system; - representatives of the Presidential Administration. Themes for discussion: - role and powers of court presidents in and in Europe; - links between the role of court presidents and the quality of the functioning of justice in ; - role of court presidents in the courts whose functioning is affected by conflict.

3 09.30 Welcoming coffee PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE: 26 May Opening of the Conference Ms Valentyna Simonenko, Head of the Council of Judges of, judge of the Supreme Court of on Civil and Criminal Matters Mr Oleksandr Nechytailo, President of the High Administrative Court of Mr Bogdan Lvov, President of the High Commercial Court of Mr Oleksandr Volkov, judge of Supreme Court of Mr Kostyantyn Bryl, Head of Zaporizhya State Oblast Administration Mr Grygoriy Samardak, Head of 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 Mr Plamen Nikolov, Legal Adviser, Division for Legal Cooperation, Justice and Legal Co-operation Department, Council of Europe, Strasbourg Session I. The change of the role and powers of court presidents in in the light of recent judicial reforms on Civil and Criminal Matters Mr Oleksandr Nechytailo, President of the High Administrative Court of Mr Bogdan Lvov, President of the High Commercial Court of, member of the CCJE Working Group on Opinion 19 Moderator of session I: Mr Andrii Kavakin, Project Manager of the Project Support to the Lunch

4 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: Session III. The role and powers of court presidents in conflictaffected 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: Wrap Up of the Day Mr Plamen Nikolov, Legal adviser, Division for Legal Cooperation, Justice and Legal Co-operation Department Dinner for participants of the conference, at the National Club Zaporizka Sitch

5 10.00 Welcoming coffee PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE: 27 May Opening of the second day Session IV. Networking of the presidents of appeal courts in on Civil and Criminal Matters Ms Tatyana Chumachenko, member of the Council of Judges of, judge of the High Administrative Court of Mr Oleksandr Martynenko, President of the Dnepropetrovsk Administrative Appeal Court Moderator of Session IV: Session V. Support of the Council of Europe project to the networking of appeal courts Wrap Up of the Day Lunch for all participants, at the boat