Programme of the fact-finding visit to Ukraine (28 February–6 March 2007)

Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)

Co-rapporteurs:     Mrs Hanne SEVERINSEN (Denmark, ALDE)

                           Mrs Renate WOHLWEND (Liechtenstein, EPP/CD)

Arrival of the delegation

07.45                            Breakfast meeting with Mr Ihor KOHUT, Director of the Ukrainian School of Political Studies, Chairman of the Board of the Agency for Legal Initiatives (tbc)

09.00 – 10.30                Meeting with Human Rights NGOs*

10.40 – 11.40                Meeting with media representatives*

12.00 – 12.45                Meeting with the National Commission on Freedom of Speech (Chairman of the NCFS: Mr Taras PETRIV)

14.00 – 18.20                Meetings with Leaders of Factions in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (tbc)

14.00 – 14.45                Meeting with leaders of the "Party of Regions" Faction

14.50 – 15.35             Meeting with leaders of the "Bloc of Yuliya Tymoshenko" Faction

15.40 – 16.25             Meeting with leaders of the Socialist Party Faction

16.30 – 17.15             Meeting with leaders of the Communist Party Faction

17.20 – 18.20             Meeting with leaders of the "Bloc of Our Ukraine" Faction

07.45                            Breakfast meeting with Mr Valeriy CHALY, Director of International Programmes and Mr Yurij YAKYMENKO, Director of Political and Legal Programmes, RAZUMKOV Centre (tbc)

09.00 – 10.00                Meeting with Mr Olexandr MOROZ, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (tbc)

10.20 – 11.05                Meeting with Mr Heorhii POPOV, Acting Head of the State Committee of Ukraine on Nationalities and Religions (tbc)

11.30 – 12.15                Meeting with Mr Vasyl ONOPENKO, President of the Supreme Court of Ukraine (tbc)

16:30                            Arrival in Donetsk          

17:30 – 19:30                Meeting with NGOs representatives*

09.00-09.30                                     Meeting with Mr A.M. BLIZNYUK, Chairman of the Regional Council

09.35 – 10.05                Meeting with Mr V.I. LOGVINENKO, Head of the Regional State Administration

10.10                                                       Meetings with the leaders of the factions of the Regional Council

12.20 – 12.50                Meeting with Mr A.A. LUKYANCHENKO, Mayor of Donetsk

12.50                                                       Departure to Telmanovskiy Rayon

14.30 – 16.00                Presentation of Telmanovskiy Rayon Department of Labour and Social Protection

09.00 – 09.30                Meeting with Mr V.I. MARKOV, Head of the Regional Department of Justice

09.30 – 10.00                Meeting with Mr M.M. KLYUEV, Head of the Department of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Donetsk Region

10.00 – 10.30                Meeting with Mr A.I. CHEPAK, Acting Head of the State Department of the Penitentiary of Ukraine in Donetsk Region

10.30 – 11.00                Meeting with Mr A.V. KLIMENKO, Head of the Donetsk Regional organisations of National Bloc “Our Ukraine” and Mr V.P. SKUBENKO, Head of the Donetsk Region organisation of All-Ukrainian movement “Bat’kivshchina” (BYuT)

11.00 – 13.00                Visit to a SIZO and ITT (District holding facility)

14.00 – 15.00                Press conference, Regional Council Building

06.30                            Departure from Donetsk, return to Kyiv

10.30 – 13.30                Meetings with representatives minority NGOs

13.30                            Lunch with Mr Serhiy HOLOVATY, Chair of the National Commission on Strengthening of Democracy and Rule of Law (tbc)

09.00 – 09.40                Meeting with Mr Eduartd PRUTNIK, Head of the National Council of Ukraine on TV and Radio Broadcasting (tbc)

10.00 – 11.00                Meeting with Mr Viktor YUSHCHENKO, President of Ukraine (tbc)

11.20 – 12.05                Meeting with the leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (tbc)

12.20 – 13.05                Meeting with Mr Oleksandr LAVRYNOVYCH, Minister of Justice of Ukraine (tbc)

13.30 – 14.45                Lunch hosted by the Permanent Delegation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to PACE

15.00 – 15.45                Meeting with Mr Oleksandr PASENYUK, President of the High Administrative Court of Ukraine (tbc)

16.00 – 16.45                Meeting with Mr Vasiliy TSUSHKO, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (tbc)

17.15 – 18.00                Meeting with Mr Ivan DOMBROVSKIY, President of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (tbc)

19.30                            Dinner with Ambassador H.E. Mr Ian BOAG, Head of EU Delegation in Kyiv and Mr James Greene, Head of NATO Liaison Office in Kyiv

07.30                            Breakfast meeting with Mr Edi Segura, Director and Chief Economist of SigmaBleyzer Foundation (tbc)

09.00 – 09.40                Meeting with leaders of the Security Service of Ukraine (tbc)

10.00 – 10.45                Meeting with Mr Viktor YANUKOVYCH, Prime Minister of Ukraine (tbc)

11.00 – 11.45                Meeting with Mr Olexandr MEDVEDKO, Prosecutor General of Ukraine (tbc)

12.00 – 12.45                Meeting with Mr Yaroslav DAVYDOVYCH, Chairman of the Central Election Commission (tbc)

13.00 – 13.30                Meeting with the leaders of the Parliamentary Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information (tbc)

14.00 – 14.45                Press conference, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

15.20 – 17.40                Meetings with leaders of Committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (tbc):

15.25 – 15.55             Meeting with leaders of the Committee on Justice

16.00 – 16.30             Meeting with leaders of the Committee on Legal Policy

16.35 – 17.05             Meeting with leaders of the Committee on State Building, Regional Policy and Local Self-Government

17.10-17.40                Meeting with leaders of the Committee on Legislative Support of Law-Enforcement Activities

18.15                            Meeting with Mr Vasyl KOSHCHYNETS, Head of the State Penitentiary Department of Ukraine (tbc)

19.30                            Dinner meeting with Mr Frank O’DONNELL, Resident Co-ordinator of the United Nations and UNDP Resident Representative*

Departure of the delegation