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On June 26, Kyiv will host the II Anti-Corruption Forum of the Ukrainian Bar Association, one of the key events of the year in the field of anti-corruption.

In our opinion, businesses should not wait until an incident occurs and they need to conduct internal investigations and launder themselves from suspicion, searches and interrogations. It is necessary to invest in anti-corruption compliance.

It is important for business:

• to have effective internal anti-corruption policies
• to ensure that internal trainings for employees are not just for show
• to build a compliance system
• understand how to work with internal whistleblowers.

We have brought together a panel of experts from the most diverse backgrounds, representing state-owned companies, private and international businesses, and key anti-corruption agencies to discuss this issue. In order to understand how state-owned companies, private companies and anti-corruption agencies can be useful to each other, where there may be points of intersection and what interesting experiences and standards we can teach each other.

We will also talk about anti-corruption cases in the area of military white-collar, which are now gaining popularity and should not be ignored.

This is not just another formality. This is a lively discussion between those who formulate policy, apply law, and implement changes: judges, lawyers, investigators, compliance officers, and academics.

In the program:

• anti-corruption compliance: how policies, internal investigations, and whistleblower protection work;
• Military WCC practice: cases, legal challenges, regulatory specifics;
• sanctions law and criminalization of violations;
• international cooperation and new standards (FCPA, Bribery Act, Interpol tools).

Among the speakers are Miller partner Artem-Abraham Krykun-Trush (moderator of the anti-corruption session) and senior associate Viacheslav Kolomiychuk (panel on Military WCC).

This is not just about risks. It’s about the rules of the game, in which the law must prevail.

The International Renaissance Foundation has launched the Open Society Prize. It is awarded to those who fight for justice and build humanity every day, despite the soulless machine of the system.

The award looks like a brick. And this is no accident.

Ukraine is still not a state governed by the rule of law. The rule of law is not a norm, but a dream. A fair trial is not a guarantee, but a struggle. In these circumstances, each of us who does not remain silent and resists evil is a brick. We are putting ourselves in the foundation of the future, building this state as if by hand – block by block, resistance by resistance, word by word.

Masi Nayyem is one of those who keep this wall up. A war survivor, he lost an eye, but not his sight. His vision is sharp, principled, uncompromising. He is not just a lawyer. He is a man who, after the front, injury, and surgeries, did not retreat into the shadows, but went even further – to defend the wounded, veterans, and military. In defense of those whom the state should protect, but cannot or does not want to. He went through all this not only as a lawyer, but as a human being. And that is why he has the moral right to speak.

Along with him, the prize was awarded to Ukrayinska Pravda, Myroslav Marynovych, and the Come Back Alive Foundation – those who tell the truth, hold the moral compass, and save lives.

This brick is about those who build barricades where the state fails. About those who do not allow justice to crumble. About those who build the future with their hands, words, and human rights work.

This is not about medals. It’s about responsibility. Because every brick has weight. And if we do not put them together correctly, a legal and humane state will not emerge.

Congratulations to Mr. Masi and we are proud of the award!