Visions of Europe: Ukraine's Constitutional Future

Recorded May 16, 2023 An in-person 'in conversation' event
featuring Dr Svitlana Khyliuk (Ukrainian Catholic University in
Lviv, Ukraine) and Dr David Kenny (TCD), organised by the School of
Law in association with the Trinity Long Room Hub. Ukraine’s
constitutional structures have regularly been revised since its
independence. While it was already moving on a path towards closer
association with Europe, new urgency for progressing EU membership
presents a significant challenge for Ukraine to bring its laws,
governance structures, and judiciary in line with highest
international standards, including in the field of human rights
protections. In this discussion, Dr Svitlana Khyliuk from the
Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine will speak to Dr
David Kenny about Ukraine’s possible constitutional futures after
the war; the challenges of aligning Ukraine’s legal system with
that of the EU; Ukraine’s identity and its place in Europe; and the
ongoing war and how it impacts on her work. Dr Svitlana Khyliuk is
an associate professor and director of the law school at the
Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. Dr. Khyliuk has
been a legal expert in the projects of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordinator in
Ukraine, the Council of Europe, and the U.S. Department of Justice
in relation to projects in Ukraine. She is a member of the
Scientific Advisory Board of Ukraine’s Supreme Court and
Constitutional Court. She teaches Criminal law and Law of the
European Convention on Human Rights. Dr David Kenny is an Associate
Professor of Law and Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, teaching and
researching Irish and comparative constitutional law and law and
literature. He has been involved with various constitutional reform
processes in Ireland, giving evidence to, amongst other bodies, the
Citizens' Assembly and Oireachtas Committee on the 8th amendment.
He has also been involved in constitutional futures and/or
constitutional mapping projects in the Northern Ireland, the Korean
Peninsula, and Ukraine. Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/