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

On December 10, 2024, the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law held a Scientific and Practical Round Table “Human Rights Protection in Ukraine: Current State and Prospects for Improvement”, dedicated to the 76th 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 Centre of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, the Research and Educational Laboratory for the Study of Public Administration and Decentralization of Power of the Research Institute of State Building and Local Self-Government of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, and the Regional Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in Khmelnytskyi Region. The participants were welcomed by:
-    Oleh Mykolaiovych OMELCHUK, Rector of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine, 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, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine;
-    Oleksandr Mykolaiovych BUKHANEVYCH, State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, Head of the Research and Educational Laboratory for the Study of Public Administration and Decentralization of Power of the Research Institute of State Building and Local Self-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, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine.
The round table was attended by judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, representatives of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, other state authorities, 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 in Ukraine and abroad. The following speakers delivered presentations during the round table:
-    Olha Volodymyrivna SOVHYRIA, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor;
-    Mykhailo Vasylovych KOSTYTSKYI, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine;
-    Dmytro Serhiiovych TERLETSKYI, Head of the Department of Constitutional Law of the National University “Odesa Law Academy,” Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
-    Fedir Mykhailovych MEDVID, Professor of the Department of Theory of State and Law and Constitutional Law of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Doctor of Political Science, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the International Academy of Culture and Security of Life, Academician of the International Academy of Life Safety;
-    Nazarii Volodymyrovych STETSYK, Visiting Researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, Candidate of Law;
-    Olha Anatoliivna CHORNA, Head of the Department for the Organization of Free Secondary Legal Aid and Mediation of the Northern Interregional Centre for the Provision of Free Legal Aid;
-    Svitlana Oleksiivna YAKYMCHUK, Academic Secretary of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Associate Professor of the Department of Private Law of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, Attorney-at-Law, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Bar Council of Khmelnytskyi Region;
-    Olesia Mykolaivna KOZAKEVYCH, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Administrative Activities of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD);
-    Ilona Volodymyrivna KHALAMENDA, fourth-year student of the Faculty of Law Enforcement Activities of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine;
-    Daryna Yuriivna NIHLOVSKA, second-year student of the Faculty of Law of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law.
We sincerely thank all participants for their insightful presentations and fruitful discussion! We look forward to further cooperation!