The “Needs Assessment of the Ukraine’s Justice System” report offers a detailed analysis of the current state, challenges, and needs of the domestic justice system and international initiatives aimed at ensuring justice for grave international crimes, as well as possible ways to respond to them.
This is a living tool updated periodically. It is intended to facilitate a dialogue to find meaningful and relevant solutions to build an effective justice architecture for Ukraine.
Almost a year after its launch, we are excited to see the report being used and taken into account by CSOs, government and justice agencies, as well as international experts and institutions.
The web version should make the report more accessible and finding information in it more convenient. We have envisaged features for comfortable navigation (interactive table of contents, search, tags), reading (“dark” version, font size change), separated the introduction, summary and recommendations, and implemented other useful functions.
It is especially valuable to share this tool with you today – on the Day of International Justice and ULAG’s 7th birthday.
We thank the International Renaissance Foundation for supporting the development of the web version of the report.
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