Centre of Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR) is a Ukrainian think-tank that promotes legal and policy reforms in Ukraine. The organization has its general goals the strengthening of democracy, the rule of law and good governance in our country. The Centre was established in 1996.CPLR works through research, policy advising, monitoring of public decision making and via civic education. The work of CPLR is focused on the following policy areas: constitutionalism, public administration, judiciary, and criminal justice. The issues of human rights, combating corruption and gradual adaption of the Ukrainian legal system to the standards of the European Union are cross-cutting themes throughout all policy areas.

The Public IntegrityCouncil (PIC) was established to assist the High Qualifications Commission of Judges of Ukraine (HQC) in determining the conformity of judges (candidates for judgeship) with the professional ethics and integrity criteria in the light of qualifications assessment. The PIC provides information to the HQC regarding judges (candidates for judgeship) and, if there are appropriate grounds, the opiniononnon-conformity of a judge (a candidate for judgeship) with the professional ethics and integrity criteria, which is attached to the candidate’s dossier or the judicial dossier. The PIC is made of representatives of human rights communities, academic lawyers, advocatesand journalists who are recognized and highly reputable professionals in their area of activities and meet the political neutrality and integrity criteria.

- representation in court proceedings in civil, commercial, and administrative cases(preparing legal position, drafting procedural documents);- representation of employer’s interests in the execution procedures;- protection of employer’s rights during audits, inspections and revisions;- communication and cooperation with investigative authorities in criminal procedures;- providing written and oral advice on legal matters and performing legal research duringthe economic activity of the Concern and its members;- providing support and supervision of pending litigations of the Concern’s members

- drafting procedural documents in civil, commercials, administrative, and criminal cases;- representing interests in court proceedings;- conduct of bankruptcy cases.