On the 23rd of April in 2014 the 1st year students of the Law Institute accompanied by the Senior Lecturer of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law Olena Makeeva visited the Office of the Authorized Human Rights Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
During the tour the students learned about the history of establishment of the Ombudsman institution in Ukraine, characteristics and activities of the Authorized Human Rights Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, especially the legal status of the Ombudsman and the competence. An important aspect of the event was the meeting of the students with the Head of the Secretariat of the Authorized Human Rights Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Bogdan Kryklyvenko, who told students about the problems of protection of rights and freedoms in Ukraine, the mechanism of their implementation, the activities of this important institution. During the live communication students received a lot of useful and interesting information, they asked questions that showed their high level of legal knowledge. In conclusion the students were donated with books that would be assigned to the special classroom of the Law Institute, and Olena Makeeva reached the agreement about the future practice of the students of the Law Institute in this place. The excursions to the bodies of the state power of Ukraine help to increase the law understanding and legal culture of the future lawyers who provide real establishment of a new system of European values, which are based on the principles of democracy, rule of law and respect to human rights.