On 10 December 2021, at the initiative of the Department of International and European Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy", the annual All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Human Rights - a Priority of the Modern State" was held.
The event was held as part of the celebration of International Human Rights Day, which is celebrated on 10 December. It was on this day in 1948 that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. Although the Declaration is of a recommendatory nature, it is the first universal human rights act that embodies the ideals common to all people and nations.
The purpose of the Conference was to draw attention to the problems associated with the implementation of human rights and to discuss the most pressing aspects of human rights protection in Ukraine and the world. The key focus of the discussion was on the protection of human rights in crisis situations, under quarantine and restrictive measures, in criminal proceedings, the protection of the rights of the most vulnerable groups, as well as international and regional human rights mechanisms.
This year's conference was attended by more than 110 participants. We can safely say that the scientific discourse successfully united scholars, activists, law enforcement officers, lawyers, postgraduate students and higher education students from various educational institutions of Odesa and Ukraine:
The opening of the event was attended by distinguished guests and representatives of the University, in particular:
Oleksandr Bigniak - Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International and European Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy";
Viktoriia Karpa - lawyer, human rights activist, Head of the Centre "YurFem Education";
Hanna Teteriatnyk - Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Criminal Procedure of Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant Colonel of Police.
Special gratitude for their contribution to the discussion, in particular the identification of problems related to the realisation of human rights and ways to solve them, is expressed to all participants of the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Human Rights - a Priority of the Modern State". The educational institutions were represented by respected heads of departments and honoured guests:
Svitlana Andreychenko - Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International Law and Comparative Law of the International Humanitarian University (topic: "International legal protection of the right to health");
Oleksandr Bigniak, Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of International and European Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy" (topic: "THE RIGHT TO JUSTICE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW");
Hanna Gulievska - PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Law and Public Administration of the Zaporizhzhia Institute of Economics and Information Technologies (topic: "Philosophical and Legal Aspects of Feminist Jurisprudence");
Vasyl Kostytskyi - Professor of the Department of Theory and History of Law and State of the Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, President of the Ukrainian Bar Association (topic: "HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF DEFINING THE MODERN STATE");
Iryna Lagutina - Doctor of Law, Head of the Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law of the National University "Odesa Law Academy" (topic of the report: "THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE EU AND ILO TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF LABOUR LEGISLATION IN UKRAINE");
Vitalii Romanyuk - PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Criminal Procedure and Organisation of Pre-trial Investigation of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs (topic: "Observance of Human Rights in the Collection of Biological Samples for Examination: CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL ASPECT");
Iryna Smaznova - Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Acting Head of the Department of Philosophy of the National University "Odesa Law Academy" (topic: "MILITARISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN RIGHTS");
Hanna Teteriatnyk - Doctor of Law, Head of the Department of Criminal Procedure of Odesa State University of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant Colonel of Police (topic of the report: "AXIOLOGICAL ISSUES OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONTEXT OF EMERGENCY LEGAL REGIMES").
A collection of materials was published based on the results of the conference. The electronic version is available in the University's repository: http://dspace.onua.edu.ua/handle/11300/16066 .
The event was organised by the National University "Odesa Law Academy" within the framework of the international project "The EU as a Global Actor and Agent of Change", funded by the Jean Monnet Programme of the European Union.
We congratulate the participants on their successful participation in the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference "Human Rights - a Priority of the Modern State" and wish them further scientific achievements!