The second meeting of the “Turkey & Ukraine Law Seminars“, organized within the framework of the 5-year Momerandum of Understanding agreement signed between our university and Ukraine Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, was held online on 26.11.2021. The meeting started with the presentation of Res. Asst. Dr. Feyzan Olgunsoy of our Constitutional Law Department titled “Challenges of Envoking Environmental Rights before Turkish Constitutional Court” on the suability of environmental rights within the framework of human rights before the Constitutional Court. She was followed by Lect. Rinata Kazak, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University Legal History Department member, who delivered her presentation on sustainable development goals, climate change and environmental protection in Ukraine, titled “Concept of Sustainable Development and Environmental Protection: Case Study of Ukraine.”
In the framework of the questions asked in the Q&A session, Dr. Olgunsoy mentioned that in line with the case-law of the Constitutional Court, environmental rights can only be sued together with other fundamental rights and freedoms included in the Constitution and the ECHR. Dr. Kazak, on the other hand, explained the similar aspects of the rules in the Ukrainian legal system in terms of environmental protection with the rules in Turkish law. The program ended after the Q&A session.