On January 30, 2023, two Ukrainian lawyers, Ilya Kostin and Roman Tytykalo, filed a complaint with the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of Kyiv City Bar Association (which was later forwarded to the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of the Kyiv Regional Bar Association) regarding the deprivation of Viktor Volodymyrovych Medvedchuk of the right to practice law.
Since the…
The Ukrainian Bar Association addressed the Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Economic Development and on Ukraine’s Integration into the European Union regarding the draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on…
New attacks by the Russian Federation against peaceful Ukrainian cities demonstrate the importance and urgency of the establishment of the Special Tribunal.
Considering this, the UBA has appealed to the parliamentarians of the European Union, the United Kingdom, and…
Armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has been ongoing since February 2014. More than 7 months have passed since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine is the largest and most brutal on the European continent since World War II and is taking place on many fronts. Daily war crimes, crimes against humanity…
On September 29, 2022, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, signed decrees “on recognition of independence and state sovereignty of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts of Ukraine”, and the following day – agreements on their illegal…
The UBA position regarding the first results of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine activity
07.09.2022
The Ukrainian Bar Association (hereinafter – the UBA, the Association) appealed to the Public Control Council of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine regarding the work of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine itself (hereinafter – the ESBU, the Bureau).
The…
The UBA Committee on Tax and Customs Law appealed to the Business Ombudsman Roman Vashchuk with a request to resume the work of the Business Ombudsman Council the way it existed until February 24, 2022.
The Ukrainian Bar Association is always ready for an open dialogue with the state authorities, closely follows the legislative initiatives of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and always supports…
The Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) addressed the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine regarding the Draft Law № 7025 «On Self-Regulatory Organizations» (the Draft Law), the final and transitional provisions of which provide for significant amendments to the Law of Ukraine «On the…
Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) officially addressed the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
The Russian Federation, supported by the Republic of Belarus, continues to commit…
The community of Ukrainian lawyers, including the Ukrainian Bar Association, the Ukrainian Association of International Law, the Ukrainian Arbitration Association, the Ukrainian Advocates’ Association, and others, appealed to the Convention to Prevent and Punish the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) totake decisive action to end the genocide of the Ukrainian people and to ensure…