The President of the Supreme Court and representatives of international technical assistance projects discussed potential areas for further cooperation

The judiciary continues to function effectively in the face of unprecedented security threats, developing new case law aimed at ensuring high standards of human rights protection in Ukraine. The judiciary is able to handle today's challenges, in particular, thanks to the reliable support of international partners.

This was stated by the President of the Supreme Court, Stanislav Kravchenko, during a meeting with representatives of international technical assistance projects.

The President of the Supreme Court thanked them for their assistance in organising joint events that became a platform for professional discussions on important issues of the judiciary during the war and post-war reconstruction, for conducting training sessions for judges, and for helping to create and improve IT products for the Supreme Court.

Stanislav Kravchenko also provided information on the key performance indicators of the justice system in 2023, highlighting the problematic issues that need to be resolved as soon as possible.

Participants at the meeting identified and discussed the main areas of cooperation for the near future, including training for judges of all three instances, improving the digitalisation of court workflows, and other areas where expert and technical support from international technical assistance projects could be useful.

Among the participants of the meeting were Hanna Khrystova, Head of the CoE Project "Strengthening judicial and non-judicial remedies for the human rights protection of the war-affected people in Ukraine"; Iryna Kushnir, Project Manager of the CoE Project "Support to the functioning of justice in the war and post-war context in Ukraine"; Nataliia Stupnytska, Head of the Democratisation, Good Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights Project Unit of the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine; Olha Kravchenko, Project Manager of the OSCE Support to Ukraine Programme "Assisting the Supreme Court and higher courts in implementing judicial reform and ensuring access to justice in times of war"; Oksana Tsymbrivska, Head of the EU Project Pravo-Justice in Ukraine; Volodymyr Chaban, key national expert of the Judiciary Reform Component, EU Project Pravo-Justice; Alisa Petukhova, Project Manager of the CoE project "Strengthening Human Rights in the Criminal Justice System of Ukraine"; Artur Karvatskyi, Legal Adviser of the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine; Margreet Goelema, Director of the Dutch-Ukrainian project "Fair, Transparent and Accountable Criminal Justice System in Ukraine"; Wolfram Hertig, Senior Project Manager of the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ); Ruslana Rosa, IRZ Project Manager; Rasim Babanly, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Supreme Court, and Lina Hubar, Head of the Division for International Cooperation of the Supreme Court.