Tuesday, March 24, 2015

The FAIR Justice Project of USAID in Ukraine


Today, the Ministry of Justice was signed Protocol on Cooperation between the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) «Fair justice."

According to the Minister of Justice Pavel Petrenko, the main objective of this paper is technical, expert and financial support reforms that initiated and implemented by the Ministry in the judiciary and the judicial system.

"The first priority area, which will be implemented in cooperation with USAID, is associated with the reform of the judicial system. It was the Law of fair trial. We currently have favorable opinions of the Venice Commission on this law. Currently, the main task of collaboration is further reform and changes to the constitution in part to Ukraine got really strong and independent judiciary honest and fair courts, "- said the head of the Justice Ministry.

The second block, according to the Minister of Justice, concerns collaboration with experts from USAID in the implementation of the Law on the cleaning power. This law also received positive reviews for VC experts and was considered a unique piece of legislation, which differs from practices that took place in Eastern Europe.


The FAIR Justice Project (FAIR) is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and has been working in Ukraine since October 2011. FAIR is designed to build on initiatives implemented by the USAID Ukraine Rule of Law Project (UROL) from 2006-2011.

In working with the Government of Ukraine and Ukrainian civil society, FAIRwill continue to support the development and implementation of key judicial reform legislation and improve judicial policies and procedures that promote a more effective, accountable and independent judiciary. It will further strengthen public trust and confidence through work with civil society organizations to enhance public and media awareness of, and involvement in, the judicial reform process. Furthermore, the project will provide opportunities to society and courts to engage each other to promote better public access to justice.



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