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Q&A about Attribution of Acts or Omissions to the State

As is characteristic for civil law jurisdictions, Ukrainian law consists of the legislative acts enacted by the Parliament of Ukraine and international treaties, which upon their ratification become part of the national legislation. According to the Constitution of Ukraine, in the case of a conflict between treaty provisions and national law, the international treaty provisions prevail. Conflict with the Constitution itself is the only exception as the Constitution is of the highest legal authority and always takes precedence over other provisions...

Q&A about international arbitration in Ukraine

The article is available in Ukrainian

On 28 January 2020, the arbitration panel has been formed in the dispute between the EU and Ukraine regarding Ukraine’s export prohibition of unprocessed timber. Notably, this is the first dispute between the EU and Ukraine under the Association Agreement (“EU-Ukraine AA”), and here, the EU invokes the dispute settlement mechanism provided by the free-trade agreement instead of the usual WTO dispute settlement mechanism

The article is available in Ukrainian