The Second Summer School for teachers and students in the framework of Tempus project "Training on alternative dispute resolution as an approach for ensuring of human rights" (TRADIR) took place in the V. N. Karazin University (Kharkiv), bringing together participants from Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania and Poland. Second Summer School was held from 15 to 19 June 2016 based at the University of Kharkiv under the supervision of Deputy Dean for International Cooperation Dmitry Slinko.

The Dean of the Faculty of Law, Professor Tatiana Kaganovskaya familiarized the participants with the history Karazin University, including the Faculty of Law in her welcoming words.

During the event a lecture on "Harmonisation of European civil procedural law" was held by the assistant of the Department of Civil Law at the Faculty of Law of the Vilnius University Viktor Terekhov. He characterized the particular convergence of law, in particular in form of harmonization and unification. According to the speaker, states can converge separate legal provisions as well as individual institutions or branches of law.

The program of the school includes a variety of lectures, visit to the Commercial Court of Kharkiv region and Kharkiv Commercial Court of Appeal.

June 17, 2016 was marked by the visit by the participants of the Commercial Court of Kharkiv region and Kharkiv Commercial Court of Appeal. The participants were introduced with the conditions of economic justice in the Kharkov region by the judge of the Commercial Court of Kharkov region, the judge-speaker, a member of the Board of Judges of Ukraine - Tatiana Suyarko and deputy chairman of the Kharkiv Commercial Court of Appeal - Alex Krestyaninov. Participants were able to see the courtrooms, judges and employees of the unit offices, as well as highlights of the courts - their museums. At the end of study visit participants had the opportunity to share with the judges ideas about their impressions of what they saw, leave their comments and suggestions.

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On June 24, 2016, Master’s degrees were awarded to 9 graduates of the new master’s programme in the sphere of alternative dispute resolution by the Dean of the Law Faculty of the Belarusian State University, Professor Siarhei Balashenka. Thus, the pilot training in the first participant of the TRADIR project was successfully completed and the first professionals were able to occupy their niche in the field of jurisprudence

This year's graduates have women's faces, but they shine with smiles!!!

On July 13, 2016 the enrollment of master-students - 2016 was finished at the Belarusian State University. 17 young people were enrolled in the competitive selection to the specialization 1-24 81 05 "Legal provision of alternative ways of resolving of conflicts and disputes". It is not only the graduates of the BSU, but also of the other higher education institutions of Belarus.

The team of master-students from Hrodna State University, consisting of students trained at the newly opened within the TRADIR-Project Master-Programme, took part in the First Russian-speaking international student competition for mediation and negotiation.

The competition was held on 13-14 October 2016 at "International University MITSO". At the end of the competition the team of the Hrodna State University finished second. Our congratulations!!!

The competition was attended by experts from the UK (Bill Marsh - International mediator, the best world mediator according to the Who's Who International 2014, Jen Rumble) and Russia (Tsisana Shamlikashvili).

More details about the competition...

Before we start the Final Conference of the TRADIR Project you can look through:

- the Program of the Final Conference "Actual problems of legal education in the context of training on alternative dispute resolution as an approach for ensuring human rights" that will start this Wednesday at 9.30 in Minsk (registration from 9.00);

- the Final Conference Proceedings