Concept on democratic control of Ukrainian Armed Forces, developed with OSCE support, to be presented on Monday, 31 October
KYIV, 25 October 2016 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine jointly with the country’s Defence Ministry and Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) will hold an international workshop on democratic control of armed forces and present a first draft Concept on Democratic Control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Monday, 31 October 2016.
The event will bring together parliamentarians, officials from security and defence institutions, international experts and civil society to discuss ways of enhancing parliamentary and civic oversight over the military. Participants will discuss the draft concept and review international best practices in this area with particular focus on protection of human rights of military personnel.
The keynote speakers include: Vaidotas Verba, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine; Ihor Dolhov, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister for European Integration; Ulyana Suprun, Acting Health Minister; Andriy Zagorodniuk, Reforms Officer at the Defence Ministry; Philipp Fluri, Deputy Director at the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF); Kurt Meissner, Head of the Security Sector Reform and Defence Sector Reform Section at the Austrian Federal Defence Ministry; Karl Schneemann, Head of the Military Complaints Commission at the Austrian Federal Defence Ministry, and Valeri Ratchev, Centre for Security and Defence Management, Sofia.
Journalists are invited to attend the workshop that will start at 9:00 on Monday, 31 October 2016, at the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defence University of Ukraine (28 Povitroflotskyi Avenue, Kyiv, Ukraine). Press-briefing will begin at 12:00. Media representatives wishing to cover the event need to obtain accreditation by sending an e-mail to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday, 28 October 2016.
For more information about the event please contact Andrii Dziubenko, Programme Co-ordinator of OSCE Project Co-ordinator at +38 050 676 77 34.