IRZ and Ministry of Justice of Lower Saxony: German-Ukrainian conference on anti-corruption in Wustrau and Berlin
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- Published: November 25, 2024
IRZ and the Ministry of Justice of Lower Saxony organized the above-mentioned conference at the German Judicial Academy in Wustrau from 11 to 14 November 2024. Both German and Ukrainian representatives contributed to this very practice-oriented conference.
From the German side, legal practitioners from Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg , Hamburg and Bavaria as well as a judge from the Regional Court of Hildesheim were represented, while three institutions tasked with the prosecution of corruption cases participated from the Ukrainian side: the High Anti-Corruption Court, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.
In Berlin, the participants were welcomed by the Chairwoman of the Legal Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag and member of the German Bundestag, Ms. Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker, and by the Head of Directorate of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Dr. Sebastian Jeckel. Prior to this, Senior Public Prosecutor Gunther Rauche had been welcomed to the Public Prosecutor's Office for Combating Corruption in Neuruppin for a technical discussion.
Combating and preventing corruption are important topics for the promotion of the rule of law and Ukraine's accession negotiations with the European Union, which is why the aim is to continue cooperation and strengthen Ukrainian institutions in 2025.