13 August 2023 - 19 August 2023, Lviv, Ukraine

PhD student of the Department of International, Civil and Commercial Law Anna Shkrebtienko participated in the Lviv Summer School of International Law (August 13, 2023 - August 19, 2023), Lviv, Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Catholic University together with the OSCE Support Program for Ukraine in cooperation with the Supreme Court and the National School of Judges held a Summer School on International Law for students, PhD students of Ukrainian universities and lawyers.

The lectures and practical assignments will be delivered by prominent Ukrainian and international legal experts in international law will deliver lectures and presentations as part of the Summer School, among them experts European Court of Human Rights, international organizations, prominent local and international scholars, and legal practitioners.

During the working days, the participants worked in the following directions: general aspects of international justice and mechanisms of international dispute settlement, state responsibility and court processes in the field of human rights; the role of the United Nations in the world in terms of issues of peace and war, the consequences of the change in the geopolitical balance for the location and functioning of the UN, and in particular the UN Security Council; expediency and limits of applying sanctions to the offender; the effectiveness of the use of the Commission of Inquiry and the role of national parliaments in condemning international crimes; features of international humanitarian law and mechanisms for the protection of war victims; issues of prohibition, prevention and punishment for the crime of genocide; an overview of the interstate complaint procedure under the European Convention on Human Rights, with a special emphasis on cases related to armed conflicts; characteristic features of the Special Tribunal for the Investigation of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine and the International Criminal Court; facts of investigation, prosecution and documentation of international crimes; certain aspects of individual criminal responsibility of propagandists; conflict-related sexual violence in Ukraine: its dynamics since 2014 and support for victims; compensation to victims of international crimes committed during the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

The purpose of participating in the Lviv International Law Summer School is to gain knowledge and tools for the effective protection of human rights and the application of international law in future professional activities.