Andrii Pylypenko and Yevheniia Zheliezniakova participated at the Fifth Working Group on Asbestos Management Conference held in Kyiv on 3 March 2026, organised within UNEP’s asbestos management initiative for Ukraine and supported by the Government of Japan.
The meeting brought together participants to discuss key aspects of asbestos management in Ukraine, including field trials on asbestos separation and handling, analytical laboratory capacity, operational challenges, and the legal implications for those funding debris works involving asbestos contamination. The programme also addressed practical issues such as approaches to asbestos detection and analysis, debris separation, storage and disposal, recycling opportunities, and the next steps for safe and coordinated asbestos management in Ukraine.
As part of the project team’s work, Koziakov & Partners presented the memorandum Donor Legal Liability Mitigation in the Ukrainian Legal Context. The memorandum assessed legal risks potentially faced by donors supporting hazardous and post-conflict recovery activities in Ukraine, including asbestos abatement, demolition, waste management, and related environmental interventions.
Our team analysed the international legal framework relevant to donor liability, including international treaties, as well as EU law and standards used as reference benchmarks for alignment. The memorandum also examined the Ukrainian legal framework, including general rules on civil, criminal and administrative liability, sector-specific waste management regulation, the allocation of duties among waste-chain actors, compliance requirements, the Law of Ukraine “On Waste Management”, and procedures governing waste generated in connection with hostilities.
Participation in events of this kind reflects Koziakov & Partners’ continued engagement with legal issues arising in environmental recovery, hazardous waste management, and donor-supported reconstruction projects in Ukraine.
