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Date: 18, 25 May, 1, 8, and 15 June 2023
Time: 13.00 - 15.00 (UK time)
Format: Online


Course outline

The course offers interdisciplinary overview of prerequisites, current trends and future scenarios of the War in Ukraine. The course will enable participants to understand the reasons of the conflict and to find political and legal solutions to combat its consequences and to restore trust in international law and justice. Over the course of five sessions, participants will gain knowledge about the history of Ukraine as an independent nation, understand the foundations of the political and legal systems of Ukraine since 1991, its relations with the international community including the UK, EU, NATO and Russia, character of warfare from perspective of international law and its consequences for international legal order.

Course topics
  • Overview of history of Ukraine before and after 1991;
  • Fundamentals of Ukraine's political and legal systems, history of legal reforms in Ukraine;
  • External Relations including: Ukraine-EU / Russia-EU; Ukraine-NATO / Russia-NATO; Ukraine-UK / Russia-UK;
  • Ukraine's lawfare against Russia's warfare: Ukraine's international justice responses to Russia's aggression;
  • Ukraine's domestic justice responses to Russia's aggression.
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Who is the course for?

This course is ideal for those working in law, policy and practice relevant to the war in Ukraine including civil servants, legal practitioners, those working in NGOs and civil society organisations and journalists as well as independent experts and students.

Course format

The virtual course format will consist of a series of 5 sessions (total of 10 hours) in which live teaching is offered via Zoom. Participants will be able to interact with the tutors and amongst themselves on screen.

Pricing and registration

The course cost is £300 per person (including VAT).

Discounts for group bookings and
individual members of BIICL are available. A limited number of scholarships are available to enable participation from individuals who cannot otherwise participate in the course, and for people from communities that are currently under-represented in the legal community.

 
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The following courses are also available for booking for Spring 2023: Courses for Autumn 2023 can be found on our training page.
 
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