The Council of Europe analyzed draft Law of Ukraine On amendments to several legislative acts of Ukraine on simplifying access to and improving the…

Analysis of draft Law of Ukraine no. 5107 On amendments to several legislative acts of Ukraine on simplifying access to and improving the quality of free legal aid (hereinafter - the Draft Law), elaborated by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, was conducted within the framework of the Council of Europe Project Support for judicial institutions and processes to strengthen access to justice in Ukraine. The international consultant, Oleksandr Ovchynnykov, prepared the analysis in the framework of activities of the Council of Europe Project Support for judicial institutions and processes to strengthen access to justice in Ukraine in response to a request of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Legal Policy.

The aim of the current analysis is to establish the conformity of the provisions of the Draft Law with the Council of Europe standards on the provision of free legal aid which, inter alia, contained in a number of recommendations and resolutions of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the efficiency and the effectiveness of legal aid schemes in the areas of civil and administrative law and on the freedom of exercise of the profession of lawyer, as well as in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The conclusions of the analysis and the recommendations to the Draft Law, proposed by the international consultant, were discussed with parliamentarians, representatives of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the Coordination Center for Free Legal Aid and its regional centers, as well as with representatives of the legal community during the meetings and the round tables.

Analysis of draft Law of Ukraine On amendments to several legislative acts of Ukraine on simplifying access to and improving the quality of free legal aid (no. 5107):https://rm.coe.int/bh8751-po691406-oleksandr-ovchynnykov-1/1680a2f1e7

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