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April 04, 2014

Round-Table Discussion "Issues of International Law Effectiveness"

Karazin University held a research-to-practice round-table discussion “Issues of International Law Effectiveness” organized on the initiative of the Department of International Law of the School of International Economic Relations and Travel Business.

Upon greeting those presentб Vadym Sidorov, Dean of the School, stressed the relevance and importance of conducting an event under this topic. “The UN has been paying much attention recently to the supremacy of law, security and development. Our today’s discussion will be devoted to these particular aspects,” said Liudmyla Novikova, Head of the Department of International Law, addressing her colleagues.

The meeting was opened by Bronyslav Totskyi, representative of V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law, with his report on the pro rata principle in conducting international disputes. The postgraduate student told about the criteria of “just” wars: legitimate reasons, correlation between the use of force and the existing threats to the state’s sovereignty and use of military force as the last argument, the purpose of which is reestablishment of peace.

Alina Cherviakova, Associate Dean of the School of Law for International Cooperation, conducted legal analysis of particular provisions of the Associate Agreement between Ukraine and the EU emphasizing Ukraine’s obligations, advamtages and risks for the state after signing it. The scholar also raised an issues of technical possibilities of Ukraine in terms of signing the agreement as well as stressed the necessity to ensure that the materials of the whole package of documents be translated enabling experts to evaluate possible consequences and for the public to get acquainted with the text therein. Oleksii Diahiliev, officer of the Security Service of Ukraine, told those present about legal lobbyism settlement in the European Union.

The specifics of human rights realization in the information space were addressed by Oleksandr Kozyr, senior lecturer of the Department of General Legal Disciplines of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. In particular, the discussion touched upon freedom of speech including misuse of this right when illegally using certain materials on the net. Some other issues addressed were the right for education (here: distance education); the right to freedom of assembly realized in the cyberspace in the form of forum; violation of property rights, especially those of intellectual property (anonymous information hosting); possible realization of the electoral right in Ukraine via an electronic system.