Event

Ukraine in Europe’s legal factory–between war and hope for the rule of law

  • Location

    Weicker Building

    4, rue Alphonse Weicker

    2721, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

  • Topic(s)
    Law
  • Type(s)
    Free of charge, In-person event, Lectures and seminars

A conference on the future of Ukraine between war and European integration (with prominent speakers from the University of Charkiw/UA)

Abstract

The illegal and brutal Russian war of aggression in Ukraine is in its fourth year. It is leaving traces of destruction in its wake. Above all, it is destroying human lives, damaging infrastructure and robbing the future. There is a lot of talk about Ukraine these days. The aim of our forum will be to talk to Ukraine in particular. Our aim is to listen instead of giving advice. The question: what traces does the war leave behind in Ukraine’s legal system and what should follow? Not least the official policy of the European Union seems to fail to recognise that Ukraine is working every day on its future integration into the law of the European Union down to the last detail.

This seminar therefore takes a look inside the Ukrainian law factory. We want to understand what it is like to create, administer or even just teach law in times of war. And above all, we want to know what steps Ukraine has already taken on the road to integration into the European Union – and what remains to be done: not only for Ukraine, but for Europe as a whole.

Language

English.

This is a free event. Registration is mandatory.

  • 09.00 – 09.15

    Registration

  • 09.15 – 09.30

    Welcome

    Prof. Katalin Ligeti, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg

  • 09.30 – 09.45

    Introduction to the topic

    “Brothers in Arms” – Ukraine as a sovereign democratic constitutional state.

    Prof. Stefan Braum, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg

1st Panel
Chair: Prof. Georg Mein, Head of the University of Luxembourg Institute for Digital Ethics (ULIDE)
  • 09.45 – 10.30

    European Ukraine – a path thousands of years long

    Discussant: Olesia Tragniuk

    Questions and Discussion

  • 10.30 – 11.00

    Coffee break

2nd Panel
Chair: Adam Lazowski, College of Europe
  • 11.00 – 12.00

    Ukraine’s Path to the EU: what has been done and what needs to be done

    Discussant: Tetyana Komarova

    Questions and Discussion

  • 12.00 – 14.00

    Lunch break

3rd Panel
Chair: Prof. Stefan Braum, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg
  • 14.00 – 15.00

    Prosecuting International Crimes in the Russia-Ukraine War: Legal Challenges and the Case of Child Deportations

    Discussant: Oksana Senatorova

    Questions and Discussion

4th Panel
Chair: Adam Lazowski, College of Europe
  • 15.00 – 16.00

    Martial Law in Ukraine – Human Rights during War Time

    Discussant: Vladyslav Dolzhko

    Questions and Discussion

  • 16.00 – 16.30

    Conclusions: What Europe could and has to learn

  • 16.30

    Cocktail