On 21 July, 2020 Council of Europe Project "Further support for the execution by Ukraine of judgements in respect of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights" funded by the Human Rights Trust Fund and the Council of Europe Project "Promoting social human rights as a key factor of sustainable democracy in Ukraine" will organise the online Expert discussion on improving socially-oriented legislation in the context of the execution of the European Court of Human Rights judgements in the Yurii Nikolaevich Ivanov v. Ukraine and Burmych and others v. Ukraine group of cases.

Time: 14:00 – 17:00 Kyiv time.

Objectives of the event:

• to present and discuss expert conclusions on main issues of the socially-oriented legislation and consider legal and regulatory measures necessary to take in order to eliminate identified issues in the context of the execution of judgements of the European Court of Human Rights judgements in the cases of Yurii Nikolaevich Ivanov v. Ukraine and Burmych and others v. Ukraine;
• to discuss the social welfare payments prescribed by legislation and articulate consistency between them and envisaged state budget allocations;
• to exchange opinions on the improvement of accounting and collection of statistical data on social welfare payments, which will allow to further calculate the total amount of social debt;
• in response to the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of 3-5 March 2020, to suggest recommendations and propose further steps that the respective Ukrainian authorities should assume to eliminate deficiencies in the socially-oriented legislation and to ensure consistent and uniform application of the respective legislation by courts.

To register to the online event, please fill out the registration form.

Simultaneous interpretation (UKR-ENG/ENG-UKR) will be provided by the organisers.

This event is organised jointly by the Council of Europe Project "Further support for the execution by Ukraine of judgements in respect of Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights" funded by the Human Rights Trust Fund and the Council of Europe Project "Promoting social human rights as a key factor of sustainable democracy in Ukraine".

Source: https://www.coe.int/en/web/kyiv/-/on-21-july-2020-expert-discussion-on-improving-socially-oriented-legislation-will-take-place