The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: 25 years of influence on national legal systems and new horizons for Ukraine
Panel discussion
IX Kharkiv International Legal Forum
“The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: 25 years of influence on national legal systems and new horizons for Ukraine”
Date: September 22, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Kyiv time (GMT+3)
Format: hybrid
Language: English, Ukrainian (with simultaneous interpretation)
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“Europe is in the eyes of all Ukrainians who are fighting for a better future. Together, we can win this battle. Together, we can complete our Union. Together, we can bring Ukraine into our common European home. This is the dream of Ukraine’s heroes and martyrs. It is also our dream. Together, we are Europe.”
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
Ukraine is at a unique point in its European and Euro-Atlantic integration despite the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation, which has challenged not only Ukrainian sovereignty but also the entire civilized world. Ukraine and its people have demonstrated their commitment to European values both on the battlefield and through their effective work towards Ukraine’s membership in the EU.
Ukraine’s acquisition of candidate status for membership in the European Union on June 23, 2022, was made possible by the unprecedented support of civil society, combined with the painstaking work of the state apparatus to fulfill its obligations to the EU. In November 2023, the European Commission recommended opening negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU and proposed that the European Council adopt a negotiating framework once the relevant steps outlined in the Commission’s report had been taken. In December 2023, the European Council decided to start accession negotiations with Ukraine, and in March 2024, EU leaders proposed that the Council adopt the draft framework as soon as possible, which was a positive assessment of Ukraine’s work.
The European Union has highly appreciated the significant progress Ukraine has made as a candidate country. In particular, it has highlighted significant achievements in the area of the rule of law. Further deepening of EU cooperation with Ukraine, including in the field of human rights, remains important.
In this context, the panel discussion aims to become an open platform for professional discussion of the specifics of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, its application in EU member states, and the possibility of its use in Ukraine.
SPEAKERS
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, winner of the Yaroslav Mudryi Award, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. Awarded the Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Honorary Diploma […]
Judge of the General Court of the European Union (Luxembourg), PhD, LLM (Bruges), DEA (Toulouse). Since 2022, she has held the position of President of the Seventh Chamber of the General Court. She is an associate professor of EU law and competition law at the Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences […]
Judge of the Administrative Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court, Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Service and Medical Law at the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania, professor at the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, foreign member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.
Visiting professor and research coordinator at the Department of European Neighbourhood Policy at the College of Europe in Natolin. He is a professor of EU law at Westminster Law School, University of Westminster, and a visiting professor at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. He is one of the leading scholars and experts specializing in […]
Honorary Professor of European Union Law and Human Rights at the University of Graz (Austria). Since 2009, he has been working within the European Union structures as a senior legal advisor in the Directorate of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Doctor of Law, Professor, Vice-Rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work (International Cooperation) at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Professor at the Department of Comparative and European Law (Institute of International Law and Diplomacy, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv). Head of the European Union Law Section of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at […]
Doctor of juridical of Sciences, professor, Head of the European Law Department Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Honored lawyer of Ukraine, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine.
MODERATORS
Doctor of Jur. Sciences (Dr. hab), Professor, Head of the Department of the European Union Law, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. Head of the Jean Monnet Chair “In-depth Study of EU Values and Law: Ukrainian Context”. Prof. Komarova for a long time explores judicial law of the European Union. She has more than 150 scientific […]
PhD in Law, Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of European Union Law at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.
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Rector of Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
Anatoly Hetman
