Scientific and Practical Round Table “Human Rights Protection in Ukraine: Current State and Prospects for Improvement”

On December 8, 2023, the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law held a scientific and practical round table entitled “Human Rights Protection in Ukraine: Current State and Prospects for Improvement”, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The co-organizers of the round table were Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law; the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine; the Western Regional Research Center of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine; the Educational and Research Laboratory for the Study of Public Administration and Decentralization of Power at the Research Institute of State Building and Local Government of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine; the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; and the Eurasian Association of Law Schools and Lawyers.
The event was moderated by Oleksandr Mykolaiovych Bukhanevych, Head of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Head of the Educational and Research Laboratory for the Study of Public Administration and Decentralization of Power at the Research Institute of State Building and Local Government of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, and Honored Lawyer of Ukraine.
The participants of the round table were welcomed by:
- Oleh Mykolaiovych Omelchuk, Rector of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine, and President of the International Public Organization “Eurasian Association of Law Schools and Lawyers”;
- Oleksandr Vasylovych Skrypniuk, Vice-President of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, and Honored Lawyer of Ukraine;
- Oleksandr Vitaliiovych Petryshyn, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, and Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine;
- Viktor Klymovych Hryshchuk, Head of the Western Regional Research Center of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Professor of the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure at Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Doctor of Law, Professor, and Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine;
- Semen Hryhorovych Stetsenko, Judge of the Cassation Administrative Court within the Supreme Court, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, and Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine.
The following speakers participated in the round table:
- Nataliia Mykolaivna Onishchenko, Deputy Director of the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, and Honored Lawyer of Ukraine;
- Oleksandr Vitaliiovych Petryshyn, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, and Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine;
- Mykhailo Vasylovych Kostytskyi, Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Law and Legal Logic at the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, and Honored Lawyer of Ukraine;
- Natalia Mishyna, researcher, SAGE Laboratory, University of Strasbourg, France;
- Fedir Mykhailovych Medvid, Professor of the Department of Theory of State and Law and Constitutional Law at the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Doctor of Political Science, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the International Academy of Sciences, and Academician of the International Academy of Life Safety;
- Oksana Mykolaivna Kizaieva, Representative of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in Khmelnytskyi Region;
- Oleksandr Oleksiiovych Bryhinets, Professor of the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law at Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Doctor of Law, Professor;
- Andrii Mykolaiovych Zelinskyi, Chief Specialist of the Department of State Control over the Circulation of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices, Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursors of the State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drugs Control in Khmelnytskyi Region.
The round table was also attended by representatives of state authorities and local self-government bodies, law enforcement agencies, the legal profession and human rights organizations, as well as academic and teaching staff from higher education institutions and research institutions.
We sincerely thank all the participants for their insightful presentations and fruitful discussion!