On 24 February 2023 the XIII International Scientific and Practical Conference "Freedom, Security and Independence: Legal Dimension" was held at the Faculty of Law, which was attended by leading domestic and foreign specialists in the field of law - scientists, state and public figures, managers and specialists of legal institutions. 250 scientists and practicing lawyers from 25 countries of the world took part in the conference. Opening the event, NAU vice-rector for international cooperation and education Iryna Zarubinska emphasized the importance of communication and exchange of experience between scientists of different countries, especially in such a difficult time for Ukraine, and also thanked foreign colleagues for their support.
У конференції взяли участь 250 вчених та юристів-практиків із 25 країн світу.
"For the development of legal science, the Faculty of Law is actively developing a network of contacts with foreign institutions of higher education and specialists in various fields of law. I hope that even in the conditions of protection of the state independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, this conference will become an open discussion platform for discussing the problems of legal science and the prospects for its further development," said welcoming the guests Dean of the Faculty of Law, Volodymyr Nikitin.
Representatives of delegations from foreign universities, law firms, public organizations and scientific institutions joined the scientific discussion, in particular: Hobe Stefan - director of the Institute of Aviation, Space and Cyber Law of the University of Cologne, professor, twice honorary doctor of sciences (Germany), Adrian-Gabriel Korpadin - dean of the Faculty of European Studies of the University of Cluj named after Babes-Bolyai, doctor, associate professor (Romania), Mihaela-Adriana Oprescu - lecturer of the Faculty of European Studies of the University of Cluj named after Babes-Bolyai, doctor (Romania), Istvan Litvin - rector of the Institute of Educational and Professional Development, doctor of philosophy in the field of law, associate professor (Hungary), Lali Gabisonia - doctor of law, head of the Department of Fundamentals and Methods of Law of the Faculty of Law and Diplomacy of Sukhum State University (Georgia), Maryana Kachynska - lecturer of the Department of Social Sciences of Northumbria University (Great Britain), Yevhen Rokytskyi - Chairman of the All-Ukrainian Union of innovative space clusters, Ukrainian Free University (Germany).
The participants in the discussion were also leading domestic scholars in the field of jurisprudence, well-known lawyers and legal practitioners, in particular: Iryna Kuyan - head of the sector of the organization of state power and local self-government of the department for legal policy, organization of public power of the Research Service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, doctor of legal sciences, senior researcher, Natalia Onishchenko - deputy director of the Institute of State and Law V.M. Koretsky of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Yaroslav Melnyk - Doctor of Law, leading lawyer of the Center for Problems of Implementation of European Social Law of the Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, lawyer, Olena Babikova - doctor of legal sciences, professor, professor of the Department of Criminal Law of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, director of the Research Institute of Pretrial Investigation Problems, Tetyana Rabko - lawyer, teacher of the Higher School of Advocacy of NAAU, member of JSC "All-Ukrainian Advocacy Assistance", member of the Council of the Committee on of electronic justice and cyber security of advocacy within NAAU, regional representative of the youth committee of NAAU-UNBA Next Gen in the Donetsk region, member of the Board of the Committee on Gender Policy within NAAU.
The participants of the conference noted that freedom, security and independence give us the opportunity to realize our potential to a certain extent, which contributes to social and personal development and increases the quality of our life.