The President of the Supreme Court meets with representatives of the International Development Law Organization in Ukraine

The Supreme Court is actively developing international contacts in the legal sphere. The reform of the judicial system is one of the European Commission's requirements to which Ukraine is paying close attention, and each meeting with international partners allows us to ensure that the reform process is moving in the right direction. The main aim of this cooperation is to strengthen the rule of law and the institutional capacity of the judiciary.

This was stated by President of the Supreme Court Stanislav Kravchenko during a meeting with representatives of the International Development Law Organisation in Ukraine (IDLO).

The Chief Justice briefed the delegation on a number of challenges faced by the judiciary over the past eighteen months, outlined the steps taken to ensure the functioning of the judiciary in the early days of the war, the legislative changes made to the Criminal Code of Ukraine and the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine since the beginning of full-scale Russian aggression, the current state of human resources in the judiciary, and noted a change in emphasis in the approach to organising the work of the Supreme Court.

Stanislav Kravchenko expressed his gratitude to IDLO for its help and support in these tragic and difficult times for Ukraine.

Levan Duchidze, Director of the International Development Law Organisation in Ukraine, assured the Supreme Court of IDLO's willingness to be helpful and to provide it with the necessary assistance on issues related to its powers, and also expressed the organisation's readiness to cooperate constructively in shaping the Supreme Court's development directions.

He added that the IDLO would provide technical assistance to the judiciary in matters relating to the application of international criminal and humanitarian law and the consideration of criminal proceedings for war crimes and military crimes.

The meeting was attended by Serhii Drozdach, Head of IDLO Legal Team in Ukraine, Viktor Kylymar, IDLO Anti-Corruption Expert in Ukraine, Nataliia Bilyk, Secretary of the Second Judicial Chamber of the Criminal Cassation Court within the Supreme Court, Serhii Fomin, Supreme Court Judge in the Criminal Cassation Court, Rasim Babanly, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Supreme Court, and Lina Hubar, Head of the Division for International Legal Cooperation of the Supreme Court.