🔹 The protection of political and civil rights and freedoms is an integral element of the democratic infrastructure of a country. Such protection is of paramount importance in the context of European integration path Ukraine has undertaken.
🗣 This was stated by Oksana Tsymbrivska, Team Leader of EU Project Pravo-Justice at the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference "Administrative Justice in Ukraine: Theoretical and Practical Challenges" on the topic "Judicial Protection of Political and Civil Rights and Freedoms in Before the War, During Wartime and After the War".
🔸 She emphasised that negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU require much work to align national legislation with the acquis communautaire.
💬 "Justice matters are included in the First Cluster of EU Membership Negotiations – the so-called fundamentals cluster. It is the first to be opened and the last to be closed. Therefore, strengthening the rule of law as one of the main criteria for joining the EU is an absolute condition for completing the negotiation process for Ukraine," said Oksana Tsymbrivska.
🔹 She also stressed that the process of approximating Ukrainian legislation to EU law is impossible without regard to the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
💬 "It is the ability and willingness of Ukrainian judges to apply the interpretive jurisprudence of the EU Court of Justice that will determine, among other things, the success of negotiations for Ukraine and their duration," said Oksana Tsymbrivska.
🔸 Moreover, she noted that along with the alignment of national legislation with the acquis communautaire, one of the most important tasks for Ukrainian society will be to transform values and behavioural patterns stemming from them to the values of the EU.
💬 "It is crucial to understand this because the EU is not merely a single market. Above all, it is a voluntary union based on common values," summed up the Team Leader of EU Project Pravo-Justice.
💼 The event was organised by the Cassation Administrative Court within the Supreme Court in the framework of the Administrative Justice Days in Ukraine with the support of the Council of Europe, OSCE, EU Project Pravo-Justice, German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation and the National University of Ostroh Academy.
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