On December 12, 2025, a joint event of the UBA Committee on Civil, Family, and Inheritance Law and the Ukrainian Child Rights Network was held in Kyiv under the title “The Right of Every Child in Ukraine to Grow Up in a Family Environment: Challenges and Proposals".

The event served as a platform for professional discussion of topical issues related to the implementation of the right of the child to family-based upbringing in the context of reforming the child protection system in Ukraine. Participants focused on analyzing the Strategy for Ensuring Every Child's Right to Grow Up in a Family Environment for 2024-2028, practical challenges in working with families, legislative initiatives, and the role of judicial practice in safeguarding the best interests of the child.

Particular attention was paid to the specialization of judges in family and children’s cases, the consideration of cases concerning a child’s right to a family environment, the role of lawyers in interdisciplinary teams, as well as practices related to the reintegration of children into their biological families and advocacy for changes in legislation.

The event was moderated by Olena Sibirtseva, member of the UBA Committee on Civil, Family, and Inheritance Law, counsel at AGA Partners, attorney at law.

Speakers included:

Olga Stupak, Judge of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court (presentation)

Pavlo Parkhomenko, Judge of the Civil Cassation Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine (presentation)

Yevhen Synelnikov, judge of the Civil Cassation Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine (presentation)

Daria Kasyanova, Chair of the Board of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network, director of program development at SOS Children's Villages

Iryna Tulyakova, Chair of the Coordination Center for the Development of Family Education and Child Care (presentation)

Inna Miroshnychenko, attorney at law, partner at Pronin & Partners, blogger, adoptive parent

Tetyana Skrypka, Member of Parliament of Ukraine, Chair of the Subcommittee on Family and Children's Affairs of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy

Oleksandra Hrytsivich, All-Ukrainian Public Center “VOLONTER” (presentation)

Tetyana Zhuravel, All-Ukrainian Public Center “VOLONTER” (presentation)

Aminat Suleimanova, attorney ay law, partner at AGA Partners

Yuriy Nekliaiev, Chairman of the UBA Committee on Civil, Family, and Inheritance Law

Kateryna Anishchenko, Deputy Chair of the UBA Committee on Civil, Family, and Inheritance Law, attorney at law at RIYAKO&PARTNERS (presentation)

The participants emphasized the importance of ensuring the right of every child in Ukraine to grow up in a safe family environment, as well as the need for further development of interagency cooperation, improvement of legislation, and raising the standards of work of specialists.

The event facilitated a constructive exchange of ideas, practical cases, and proposals for improving the system of protecting children's rights and confirmed the relevance of further advocacy for reforms in this area.