TJEU – “Promoting EU Values in Transitional Justice Policies”, 9C478

Project No. 9C478
Project title: TJEU – “Promoting EU Values in Transitional Justice Policies”
Project duration –  2023-01-01 2024-12-31
Project coordinator – Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Project leader MRU: Doc. dr. Dovilė Sagatienė

Summary: The Module ‘’Promoting the EU Values in Transitional Justice Policies” aims to fill the existing gap in
the comprehensive understanding among students of Ukrainian legal and non-legal HEIs and wider public
of the EU approach to restoring the rule of law and justice in situations of serious violations of international
human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL) during and aftermath armed conflicts.
The Project will include the delivery of annual Certificate Programme (40 hours per year) ‘Promoting
the EU Values in Transitional Justice Policies’: 8 lectures (off-line with simultaneous on-line streaming to
distant attendees) with the following Workshop (off-line with simultaneous on-line streaming to distant
attendees) and 12 practical sessions (on-line) offered to master’s students of law and international law
studies and other non-legal faculties (political science, public administration, journalism, pedagogic
science) as well as practitioners of different specialties (lawyers, state officials, CSO representatives).
The Certificate programme will cover the following topics:
1. Introduction to EU Studies.
2. Introduction to Transitional Justice: Origins and Pillars of transitional justice (TJ).
3. The Framework on Support to TJ: the EU and Ukrainian policies.
a) Pillar 1. Criminal accountability and amnesties;
b) Pillar 2. Truth-telling and reconciliation;
c) Pillar 3. Reparations;
d) Pillar 4. Institutional reforms.
4. Practical dimension of EU approach to TJ: best practices of implementation.

The project is funded by the  Erasmus Jean Monnet Actions in the field of Higher Education: Modules programme.