WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2022

Ukraine is under martial law due to Russia’s aggression.

At 1000, a meeting of the National Commission for the State Regulation of electronic communications, radiofrequency spectrum and the provision of postal services will start in the form of open hearings.

At 1100, an online conference titled "Diagnosis and treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta in Ukraine" will start. The conference speakers include PhD, researcher at the Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, European Association for Osteogenesis Imperfecta Lidia Zhytnik; pediatric orthopedist-traumatologist, Department of Pediatric Orthopedics State Institution "Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology" of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Yelyzaveta Katsalap; orthopedic surgeon of the Department of Pediatric Orthopedics of the State Institution "Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology" of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Serhiy Khmyzov; representative of the Health Ministry. Doctors and specialists from other institutions, as well as patients with osteogenesis imperfecta, are invited to participate and discuss. Registration is required until 1800 on August 16 at the link: https://bit.ly/event_kryshtalevi. Contacts at: (093) 721 0800, [email protected].

At 1100, an online marathon of the Ukrainian Bar Association entitled "Business under martial law. Checkmate: annual result of operations with land" will start. Format: online discussion. Participants include: Chairman of the AAU Committee on Land Law, Managing Partner of the Law Firm "Bossom group," Associate Professor of the Department of Land and Agrarian Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Diana Kolomiytseva; First Deputy Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, Professor of the Department of Land and Agrarian Law of the Faculty of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Anatoliy Miroshnychenko; Vice-President of the Notary Chamber of Ukraine Inna Bernadska; representatives of business, government agencies, lawyers and others. Details at: (067) 441 1027, (067) 239 8690, [email protected].

At 1200, Razumkov Center along with the Representative Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Ukraine will hold an online professional discussion entitled "Socio-economic consequences of Russia’s aggression for Ukrainian society." Razumkov Center prepared an analytical report for the discussion, which will be presented at the event. Representatives of the authorities, civil society, scientific institutions, donor organizations are invited to participate. The discussion can be viewed live on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/razumkovcentre.

At 1400, a webinar entitled "End of the application period of the HQCJ competition: what to pay attention to the candidate" will start, dedicated to the competitive selection procedure and the requirements for preparing documents. Organizer is Competition Commission for the selection of candidates for the positions of members of the High Qualification Commission of Judges (HQCJ) together with the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association. Event moderator is Supreme Court Judge, President of the NGO Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association Nadia Stefanov. Speakers include member of the Competition Commission for the selection of candidates for the positions of members of the Higher Commission of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal Yevhen Mezentsev; member of the Competition Commission for the selection of candidates for the positions of members of the HQCJ, former special prosecutor of the Netherlands Prosecutor’s Office, lawyer Robert Broekhuijsen. The event will be held online in Ukrainian and English (translation into Ukrainian is provided). Participation in the event is free subject to mandatory registration. Details by phone: (097) 441 9621, e-mail: [email protected] or https://hcj.gov.ua/news/vidbudetsya-vebinar-zavershennya-aplikaciynogo-periodu-konkursu-do-vkks-na-shcho-zvernuty-uvagu.

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