Opinion & Interviews

“People know that we are here, on-site, and are ready to help”

November 20, 2023

Dmytro Hrynchak assumed the role of the head of the Izium district police department in October of the previous year, shortly after the city was liberated from Russian occupation. Before this appointment, he held the position of head of investigations in the adjacent Chuhuiv district.

Women in Public Order Special Units: experiences from Spain

November 06, 2023

Throughout his career in the Crowd Control Units of the Spanish Guardia Civil, Fernando Magro Moros has been in many dangerous situations.

Focus on the Victims’ Rights

November 02, 2023

The Coordination Center for the Support of Victims and Witnesses is a recently established specialised unit within the Office of the Prosecutor General. It was founded in April 2023, with the guidance of international donors, including EUAM Ukraine. Having successfully completed the staff recruitment process, the centre is currently in the process of enhancing its […]

Rolf Holmboe: “Ukraine Holds the Key to Accelerating Integration with the EU – Establishing the Rule of Law in All Spheres”

October 30, 2023

“Detector Media” had a conversation with the new head of the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) Ukraine, Danish diplomat Rolf Holmboe, about the fight against Russian disinformation, the investigation of Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine, and the role of civil society in Ukraine’s reform path towards the European Union.

“Implementing a gender policy in communications is a challenge the state institution needs to meet”

April 07, 2023

European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) Ukraine is cooperating closely with the State Customs Service (SCS) of Ukraine on promoting gender equality in the organisation. To this end, the Mission recently co-organised a training on gender-responsive communications for the Public Relations department of the SCS.

“EUAM always answers to our most urging needs”

March 30, 2023

During the month of March, the EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) delivered a series of training courses on International Crimes investigation together with the Academy of Internal Affairs

Lynn Sheehan: We all have to be more focused, committed and adaptable in terms of the advice and assistance that we provide to our Ukrainian partners

December 30, 2022

An interview with Lynn Sheehan, EUAM Head of Operations

#AgentsofChange – Nina Pelkonen, EUAM Senior Adviser on investigation of conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence

December 08, 2022

EU advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) has been working on gender-based violence for a long time

Sexual violence is a war crime

December 08, 2022

An OpEd by Antti Hartikainen, EUAM Head of Mission, specially for Ukraiinska Pravda

#AgentsofChange – Valentyna Kukurudzhiak, Prosecutor at Chernivtsi Regional Prosecutor’s Office

October 19, 2022

“I am the Head of the Preventing and Combating Corruption unit in Chernivtsi. My focus is on administrative offences, for example, conflicts of interest, which could be about inappropriate gifts or combining two jobs. Minor cases can be prosecuted as administrative offences. My unit covers everyone employed by the State, civil servants, deputies and workers […]

#EUAM4Ukraine: “Now wholly redeployed, EUAM experts continue building resilience with their Ukrainian counterparts”

October 07, 2022

EUAM Ukraine is back! Today, the EU Advisory Mission in Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) concluded the redeployment of all its experts to their duty stations. Close to 300 staff from EU member states and Ukraine now work full-time in Ukraine.

#AgentsofChange – Ove Pettersson, EUAM Adviser and Trainer on Community Policing

September 06, 2022

“In my previous job experience in an international Mission, we once had a flat tyre. The two men changed the tyre, and the two women waited. I was thinking: ‘Wouldn’t it be more equal if one man and one woman would change the tyre?’ We were all from different EU countries, and I understand that […]

#HeroesofUkraine: The Donetsk Police Communication team risks their lives to inform about war crimes of the Russian aggressor – interview with Oleksandra Havrylko, the Head of the local police communication department

August 22, 2022

The horrors currently taking place in Ukraine are sometimes challenging to explain in words. Here it is more appropriate to use videos and photos to show the world what crimes Russia is committing in Ukraine. The Head of Communications of the Police of the Donetsk region Oleksandra Gavrylko and her team do everything possible to […]

Markus Mitterer (EUAM Investigation Expert): Fighting for Truth and Justice

July 22, 2022

The EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) supports Ukraine’s efforts to investigate and prosecute International Crimes committed in the war. To better understand these efforts, we did a short Q&A with EUAM Senior Advisor on Criminal Investigations Markus Mitterer.

#FieldVision | EUAM Ukraine will stand and work together with Ukraine towards the common goal of moving the country ever closer to the EU

June 10, 2022

Since 2014, the EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) has advised the Ukrainian civilian security sector reform in the field of law enforcement and the rule of law