FINAL CONFERENCE
MATRA PROJECT
“Implementation of the Ukrainian Civil Code”
14 - 15 February 2008, Kyiv, Hotel Rus, 4 Hospitalna Street
Organized by:
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Supreme Court of Ukraine
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
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Centre for Judicial Studies (Ukraine)
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Center for International Legal Cooperation (Netherlands)
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Academy of Advocates of Ukraine
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AGENDA
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Time
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Topic, Speaker
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Thursday, February14, 2008
Moderators:
Kees Kouvenar, Director, Center of International Legal Cooperation (The Netherlands)
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Nataliya Vereshchinska, Director, Centre for Judicial Studies
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09.30-10.00
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Opening of the conference:
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10.00-10.20
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MATRA Project ‘Implementation of the Civil Code in Ukraine”: Results and Lessons Learned
Eric Vinken, Project Director (The Netherlands)
Andriy Alekseyev, Deputy Director, Centre for Judicial Studies
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10.20 – 10.50
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Introduction of the new Civil Code in The Netherlands: Practical aspects of application by Dutch lawyers
Hans Westenberg, President of the District Court, The Hague, The Netherlands
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10.50 – 11.20
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Implementation of the new Civil Code in Moldova: A comparative review of the experience in a neighboring country
Karsten Manke, legal esxpert (Germany)
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11.20– 11.30
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Discussion
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11.30– 11.45
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Coffee break
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Section 1:
Property rights and their application in accordance with the new Civil Code
Moderators:
Vasyl Humenyuk, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
and
Nataliya Kuznetsova, Doctor of Law, Member of the Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine,
Professor of Chair of Civil Law at Shevchenko National University, Kyiv
Presentations, discussions, comments
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11.45-12.00
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Introductory speech
Nataliya Kuznetsova, Doctor of Law, Member of the Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine, Professor of Chair of Civil Law at Shevchenko National University, Kyiv
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12.00-12.15
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Introductory speech
Vasyl Humenyuk, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
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12.15-12.30
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Structure of the property right and its impact on fundamental safeguards in the modern civil law of Ukraine
Yevhen Kharitonov, Doctor of Law, professor, head of Chair of Civil Law at Odessa National Academy of Law
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12.30-12.45
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The Civil Code of Ukraine: Interface of the theory and practice
Vasyl Paliyuk, Vice-President of Mykolayiv Region Court of Appeal, Ph. D. (Law)
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12.45-13.00
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Evolution of the civil law of Ukraine: Current status, issues and suggestions
Yaroslava Shevchenko, Doctor of Law, professor, member of the Academy of Law Sciences of Ukraine, head of section with Koretsky Institute of Statehood and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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13.00-14.00
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Lunch
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14.00-14.15
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Issues of application of the Civil Code provisions regulating the rights and obligations of bona fide acquirers
Leonid Lichman, President of Malinovsky District Court (Odessa). Ph. D. (Law)
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14.15-14.30
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Judicial recognition of the right of ownership to objects of unauthorized construction in Ukraine
Ruslan Hura, Ph.D. (Law), associate professor with the Chair of civil and commercial law and process at the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine
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14.30-14.45
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Recognition of the right of ownership to objects of unauthorized construction (theoretical foundations and judicial practice)
Andriy Drishlyuk, Judge of Malinovsky District Court (Odessa), Ph.D. (Law)
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14.45-15.00
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Application of the Civil Code of Ukraine in the execution of notary actions: emergence and termination of ownership rights
Tetyana Baranova, deputy chief of Department for notaries and registration of advocates’ associations, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
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15.00-15.15
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Notarization of transactions on alienation of property in joint ownership: Current issues
Svitlana Pasichnyk, private notary, Kyiv City Notary Circuit
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15.15-15.30
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Owners’ challenges in the exercise of the ownership right in the making of specific kinds of contracts
Larysa Gnezdilova, Head of Public Notary Office # 3, City of Dniprodzerghynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Region
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15.30-16.00
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Coffee break
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16.00-16.15
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Judicial safeguards of property rights; Specific aspects
Oksana Khotynska, Ph.D. (Law), associate professor with the Chair of civil and commercial law and process at the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine
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16.15-16.45
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Discussion
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16.45-17.00
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Conclusions of Day 1
Speaker: Professor Nataliya Kuznetsova
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17.00
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Reception
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Time
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Topic, Speaker
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Friday, February 15, 2008
Moderators:
Nataliya Vereshchinska, Director, Centre for Judicial Studies
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Kees Kouvenar, Director, Center of International Legal Cooperation (The Netherlands)
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9.30-9.40
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Brief discussion of Day 1 outcomes and presentation of Day 2 agenda
Eric Vinken, Project Director (The Netherlands)
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Section 2:
Inheritance law issues in the context of the new Civil Code of Ukraine
Moderators:
Valeriy Danchuk, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
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Zoryslava Romovska, Doctor of Law, Professor with the Chair of civil and commercial law and process at the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine Presentations, discussions, comments
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9.40-10.00
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Introductory speech
Zoryslava Romovska, Doctor of Law, Professor with the Chair of civil and commercial law and process at the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine
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10.00-10.15
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Introductory speech
Valeriy Danchuk, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine
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10.15-10.30
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Procedural issues in inheritance law cases
Olena Zakharova, Ph.D. (law), associate professor, Vice-Rector for Academic Activities, Head of Chair of civil and commercial law and process at the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine
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10.30-10.45
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Some aspects of the hearing of inheritance cases
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10.45-11.00
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Certain issues of application of inheritance law under the new Civil Code
Nadiya Minenkova, Judge of Kharkiv Region Court of Appeal
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11.00-11.15
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Application of the Civil Code in execution of notary actions: exercise of inheritance rights
Tetyana Baranova, deputy chief of Department for notaries and regisatrtion of advocates’ associations, Ministry of Justice of Ukraine
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11.15-11.30
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Issues of inheritance law
Larysa Gnezdilova, Head of Public Notary Office # 3, City of Dniprodzerghynsk, Dnipropetrovsk Region
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11.30-12.00
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Coffee break
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12.00-12.15
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Inheritance of land: Specific issues in Ukraine
Dmytro Kovalsky, Ph.D. (Law), associate professor of Chair of civil and commercial law and process at the Academy of Advocacy of Ukraine
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12.15-12.30
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Inheritance of corporate rights as an issue of the notary process
Hanna Kokhan, private notary, Dnipropetrovsk City Notary Circuit
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12.30-12.45
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Acceptance and registration of heritage legacy: Specific issues
Valentyna Shepitko, private notary, Myronivka District Notary Circuit, Kyiv Region
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12.45-13.30
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Discussion
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13.30-13.45
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Conclusions of Day 2
Speaker: Professor Zoryslava Romovska
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13.45-14.00
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Closing of the conference
Kees Kouvenar and Nataliya Vereshchinska
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14.00
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Lunch
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