Project profile — Promoting Access to Criminal Justice in Ukraine

• Ukraine (100.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Justice, law and order policy, planning and administration (15131) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to help law enforcement agencies in Ukraine enhance their effectiveness in investigating serious crimes in line with a human rights-based and gender-sensitive approach. The project supports the State Bureau of Investigations of Ukraine (SBI) the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), and other governmental stakeholders and community experts to improve criminal justice and law enforcement policies to meet human rights and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) commitments. Project activities include: (1) conducting a series of trainings on investigative and prosecutorial aspects of serious crime within SBI competency; (2) providing technical and expert support to SBI staff to enhance their capacity to use criminal analysis tools and approaches for investigating serious crimes; (3) providing SBI staff with access to foreign experience in combating serious cross-border crimes; (4) conducting a series of trainings for investigators and prosecutors on best practices in investigating serious crimes; (5) conducting a series of roundtables to develop recommendations on improving the legal basis for combating serious crime; and (6) conducting workshops to improve the strategic communications of the SSU and other criminal justice stakeholders in investigating and combating serious crime.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced capacity of the SBI and other investigative bodies to investigate serious crime in line with international best practices and human rights protection standards; and (2) enhanced capacity of the SSU and other criminal justice stakeholders to investigate serious crime in line with international best practices and human rights protection standards.

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