VI INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW FORUM

09:30-10:00

Registration of participants. Morning coffee

10:00-12:00

• Markian GALABALA, Judge of the High Anticorruption Court of Ukraine
• Svitlana YAKOVLEVA, Judge of the Criminal Cassation Court of the Supreme Court
• Salomé LEMASSON, International White Collar Attorney, Founder of SL Avocat, ECBA and Human Rights Committee Member
• Yevhen RIYAKO, Managing Partner at RIYAKO & PARTNERS

• Institutional reforms in the criminal law sphere: the BES, the SSU, the anti-corruption pillar, etc.
• Defining trends in anti-corruption criminal proceedings
• Criminal and legal risks for business under martial law
• Challenging issues of criminal and criminal procedural law: adjustments by court practice
• Criminal proceedings related to procurement in the field of defense — the main trend of wartime

12:00-12:30

COFFEE BREAK

12:30-13:00

SPECIAL REPORT

War as a catalyst for law enforcement European integration

Denys BUGAY, Co-founding Partner at VB PARTNERS

13:00-14:30

• Olga MALYK, Prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of the Prosecutor General’s Office
• Semen KHANIN, Managing Partner at AMBER Law Firm
• Andriy FORTUNENKO, Partner, Head of the Business Protection Practice at AVELLUM
• Serhii BOIKO, Counsel at VB PARTNERS

• Problems of calculating the terms of pre-trial investigation in joint criminal proceedings
• Lozovyi’s Amendments: pro et contra
• How to deal with open-ended pre-trial investigations
• Abuse of powers by prosecutors during the war (case study)

14:30-15:00

COFFEE BREAK

15:00-15:30

PUBLIC INTERVIEW

Peculiarities of criminal prosecution of persons for war crimes

Ruslan KRAVCHENKO, Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration

Vitaliy SERDYUK, Senior Partner at AVER LEX

15:30-17:00

• Natalia MARCHUK, Judge of the Criminal Cassation Court of the Supreme Court
• Oleh GUSHCHYN, Legal Advisor of the Coordination Staff on the Treatment of Prisoners of War
• Milena STERIO, Managing Director at PILPG
• Liudmyla KUSA, Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution Practice at GRACERS
• Andriana FOZEKOSH, Head of Defence of Military Personnel Practice at AVER LEX, Attorney

• Limits of application of the in-absentia procedure in criminal prosecution for violations of the laws and customs of war
• Application of the mechanisms of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
• Peculiarities of the legal status of prisoners of war and the provision of guarantees for their treatment under the Geneva Convention of 1949: an aspect of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
• Implementation of the right to defense in criminal proceedings regarding war crimes
• Algorithm for providing legal assistance in criminal proceedings regarding missing persons and prisoners

17:00-18:00

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