Members of the Association participated in the meeting of the NGO "Association of Investigative Judges of Ukraine"

On December 3, 2015, a meeting dedicated to the anniversary of the establishment of the NGO "Association of Investigating Judges of Ukraine" was held at the Kyiv District Court of Odessa, which was attended by members of the All-Ukrainian Association of Scientists and Specialists in the Field of Operational and Detective Activities.

The event was attended by: the chairman of the Kyiv District Court of Odessa, the chairman of the NGO "Association of Investigating Judges of Ukraine" Chvankin S.A.; the chairman of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of the Odessa Region Bar Association, vice-president of the Ukrainian Bar Association Bronz I.L.; the acting prosecutor of the Suvorov District of Odessa Kostenko S.K.; the judge of the Kyiv District Court of Odessa Borshchov I.S.; the judge of the District Court of the State of Florida (USA) Mark Speiser and others.

During the meeting, the report of the Association of Investigative Judges of Ukraine for 2015 was presented to the attention of those present, the work plan for the coming year was announced, and the strategy and prospects for its further development were determined.

At the meeting, the participants considered issues related to: the application of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine regarding the seizure of property, changes in the procedure for filing an appeal against the ruling of an investigating judge, unmotivated recusals (self-recusals) of investigating judges and judges, and ways to solve this problem, and foreign guests shared their experience of conducting legal proceedings in Bulgaria and the role of judges during pre-trial investigations in the USA.

Let us recall that the Association of Investigative Judges of Ukraine is a public organization, the main purpose of which is to promote the development of the principle of the rule of law in Ukraine, the development of civil society and the rule of law through a mechanism of action and further continuous improvement of legal relations in the field of criminal justice.