Legal Challenges for Ukraine under Martial Law: Protection of Civil, Property and Labour Rights, Right to a Fair Trial, and Enforcement of Decisions

This is substantially updated paper, presented during the Department Talk: ‘Legal Challenges and Solutions for Ukrainians at Home and Abroad during War (Martial Law and the Protection of Property, Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution, Labor Law and Tax Law)’ on 20 June 2022 at the University for...

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Main Authors: Yuriy Prytyka, Iryna Izarova, Liubov Maliarchuk, Olena Terekh
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Language:English
Published: VD Dakor 2022-08-01
Series:Access to Justice in Eastern Europe
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Online Access:https://ajee-journal.com/legal-challenges-for-ukraine-under-martial-law-protection-of-civil-property-and-labour-rights-right-to-a-fair-trial-and-enforcement-of-decisions
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description This is substantially updated paper, presented during the Department Talk: ‘Legal Challenges and Solutions for Ukrainians at Home and Abroad during War (Martial Law and the Protection of Property, Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution, Labor Law and Tax Law)’ on 20 June 2022 at the University for Continuing Education, Krems, Austria (within the Ukrainian-Austrian R&D Project). Background: On 24 February, Russia launched a military attack on the entire territory of Ukraine, in connection with which the President of Ukraine declared martial law. According to the Law of Ukraine ‘On Martial Law’, martial law is a special legal regime introduced in the event of armed aggression, danger to the state independence of Ukraine, or its territorial integrity and arranges for the provision of appropriate state authorities, military command, military administrations, and local authorities self-governance of the powers necessary to avert the threat, repel armed aggression and ensure national security, and eliminate the threat of danger to the state independence of Ukraine, its territorial integrity, as well as the temporary restriction of the constitutional rights and freedoms of persons and citizens and the rights and legitimate interests of legal entities within the validity period of these restrictions. This study is designed to analyse the consequences of armed aggression against Ukraine and the introduction of the appropriate legal regime in such areas as the realisation of property rights, the administration of justice, the enforcement of court decisions, and labour relations. Methods: To achieve the goals of the research, general scientific and special methods of scientific research were applied, such as comparative-legal and semantic-structural methods and the method of grouping, analysis, synthesis, and generalization. Results and Conclusions: The introduction of the martial law regime throughout the territory of Ukraine affected all spheres of life and, as a result, requires adaptation to modern realities. In particular, this consists of changes to the current legislation because the martial law regime involves the restriction of certain constitutional rights and freedoms of persons and the introduction of new mechanisms – for example, the suspension of labour relations, changes in the jurisdiction of courts for the possibility of justice, expanding the competence of private executors, and even making changes to the regulations of ICAC due to the impossibility of sending documents by mail, as well as allowing process participants to personally participate in meetings.
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spelling doaj.art-b01c1440074644cfb375c6d52c3c95662022-12-22T01:35:54ZengVD DakorAccess to Justice in Eastern Europe2663-05752663-05832022-08-01 5 (13)21923810.33327/AJEE-18-5.2-n000329Legal Challenges for Ukraine under Martial Law: Protection of Civil, Property and Labour Rights, Right to a Fair Trial, and Enforcement of DecisionsYuriy Prytyka0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5992-1144Iryna Izarova1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1909-7020Liubov Maliarchuk2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0169-0272Olena Terekh3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6432-3787Dr., Prof., Head of Civil Procedure Department of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Arbitrator at the International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC); ex-Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine, Kyiv, UkraineDr. Sc. (Law), Prof. of Civil Procedure Law at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Professor at the Department of Legal Studies and International Relations of the University for Continuing Education Krems, Kyiv, UkraineCand. of Science of Law (Equiv. PhD), Associate Professor at Law School of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, UkraineCand. of Science of Law (Equiv. PhD), Associate Professor of Civil Procedure at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, UkraineThis is substantially updated paper, presented during the Department Talk: ‘Legal Challenges and Solutions for Ukrainians at Home and Abroad during War (Martial Law and the Protection of Property, Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution, Labor Law and Tax Law)’ on 20 June 2022 at the University for Continuing Education, Krems, Austria (within the Ukrainian-Austrian R&D Project). Background: On 24 February, Russia launched a military attack on the entire territory of Ukraine, in connection with which the President of Ukraine declared martial law. According to the Law of Ukraine ‘On Martial Law’, martial law is a special legal regime introduced in the event of armed aggression, danger to the state independence of Ukraine, or its territorial integrity and arranges for the provision of appropriate state authorities, military command, military administrations, and local authorities self-governance of the powers necessary to avert the threat, repel armed aggression and ensure national security, and eliminate the threat of danger to the state independence of Ukraine, its territorial integrity, as well as the temporary restriction of the constitutional rights and freedoms of persons and citizens and the rights and legitimate interests of legal entities within the validity period of these restrictions. This study is designed to analyse the consequences of armed aggression against Ukraine and the introduction of the appropriate legal regime in such areas as the realisation of property rights, the administration of justice, the enforcement of court decisions, and labour relations. Methods: To achieve the goals of the research, general scientific and special methods of scientific research were applied, such as comparative-legal and semantic-structural methods and the method of grouping, analysis, synthesis, and generalization. Results and Conclusions: The introduction of the martial law regime throughout the territory of Ukraine affected all spheres of life and, as a result, requires adaptation to modern realities. In particular, this consists of changes to the current legislation because the martial law regime involves the restriction of certain constitutional rights and freedoms of persons and the introduction of new mechanisms – for example, the suspension of labour relations, changes in the jurisdiction of courts for the possibility of justice, expanding the competence of private executors, and even making changes to the regulations of ICAC due to the impossibility of sending documents by mail, as well as allowing process participants to personally participate in meetings. https://ajee-journal.com/legal-challenges-for-ukraine-under-martial-law-protection-of-civil-property-and-labour-rights-right-to-a-fair-trial-and-enforcement-of-decisionsmartial lawproperty lawjudiciaryenforcement of judicial decisionslabour relations
spellingShingle Yuriy Prytyka
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Liubov Maliarchuk
Olena Terekh
Legal Challenges for Ukraine under Martial Law: Protection of Civil, Property and Labour Rights, Right to a Fair Trial, and Enforcement of Decisions
Access to Justice in Eastern Europe
martial law
property law
judiciary
enforcement of judicial decisions
labour relations
title Legal Challenges for Ukraine under Martial Law: Protection of Civil, Property and Labour Rights, Right to a Fair Trial, and Enforcement of Decisions
title_full Legal Challenges for Ukraine under Martial Law: Protection of Civil, Property and Labour Rights, Right to a Fair Trial, and Enforcement of Decisions
title_fullStr Legal Challenges for Ukraine under Martial Law: Protection of Civil, Property and Labour Rights, Right to a Fair Trial, and Enforcement of Decisions
title_full_unstemmed Legal Challenges for Ukraine under Martial Law: Protection of Civil, Property and Labour Rights, Right to a Fair Trial, and Enforcement of Decisions
title_short Legal Challenges for Ukraine under Martial Law: Protection of Civil, Property and Labour Rights, Right to a Fair Trial, and Enforcement of Decisions
title_sort legal challenges for ukraine under martial law protection of civil property and labour rights right to a fair trial and enforcement of decisions
topic martial law
property law
judiciary
enforcement of judicial decisions
labour relations
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