Abstract. The parliamentary study analyses the legislative regulation of remote involvement of participants to criminal proceedings during court proceedings via videoconference (the right of access to justice), which is ensured through the functioning of certain subsystems (modules) of the Unified Judicial Information and Telecommunication System in courts and judicial authorities. In studying this issue, the position of the European Court of Human Rights, set out in its judgments on holding court hearings via videoconference, was also taken into account.  In particular, the experience of court proceedings in similar cases in a number of European countries was summarised. The study analyses the constitutional and legal framework of the modern Ukrainian Bar as an independent civil society institution founded on the basis of non-state professional self-government and self-regulation advocacy profession, examines the legal grounds for the participation of an attorney in the formation of professional bar self-government bodies, the rights and obligations of an attorney regarding their membership in the Ukrainian National Bar Association, and also considers certain legal aspects of maintaining the Unified Register of Attorneys of Ukraine.

Key words: criminal proceedings, access to justice, right to defence, videoconference, court proceedings, restriction of rights, bar, bar self-government, Unified Register of Advocates of Ukraine.

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07/2024

Abstract. Analysis of the rule and procedure for entering into force of an international treaty in the state, as well as the implementation of derogations and reservations to ratified international treaties has been included in the results of the parliamentary study. Research on the peculiarities of the procedure for consideration and approval of derogations and/or reservations to international treaties at the national level of various states (on the example of human rights treaties) has been presented. The experience of Georgia and Moldova on reservations to the international treaties in the context of its implementation on the temporarily occupied territories by the russian federation has been separately researched.

Key words: international obligations, international treaty, ratification, derogation, reservation, temporarily occupied territory, martial law, state of emergency.

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05/2024

Abstract. In the parliamentary research proposals on the procedure and criteria for processing draft laws aimed at adapting Ukrainian legislation to the provisions of EU law and fulfilling Ukraine's obligations in the field of European integration are set out.

Key words: European integration, European Union, parliament, legislative procedure, European integration draft law.

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03/2023