The case of the Civil Safety Academy

The Case

In the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal, an extremely important case is being considered, which directly affects the defense capability of our country. Judges Volodymyr Alimenko, Lyudmila Belova and Andriy Kuchma are to decide the fate of the appeal filed by the Civil Safety Academy (CSA). The essence of the case is the cancellation of parts of the Instruction that actually block the activities of the test site and the training center, which prepares civilians and military personnel for the effective defense of Ukraine.

What is the essence of the problem?

The Civil Safety Academy is one of the key projects aimed at improving the defense skills of our citizens and training new defenders. In the conditions of war, the importance of such initiatives is difficult to overestimate. However, the CSA faces persistent obstacles that threaten its effective operation. One of the main problems is the bureaucratic obstacles created by the ambiguous and contradictory provisions of the Instruction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which directly contradict the Law on State Control in the Field of Economic Activity.

These provisions allow government agencies to pressure CSAs and other types/landfills through unwarranted inspections, blocking operations, and even physically sealing the premises. As a result, educational processes become impossible, and hundreds of people lose the opportunity to obtain important knowledge that can save lives and help protect the state.

Specific examples of these obstacles are shocking in their absurdity. During one such visit to the CSA test site, representatives of government agencies appeared unannounced on the territory of the training center. Without any clear legal basis, they staged illegal inspections, blocked access to equipment, sealed off premises and tried to stop courses for which dozens of participants had already been enrolled. This is similar to methods from the 90s, when law enforcement agencies tried to "paralyze" business or public initiatives under the pretext of formal violations.

Such actions directly threaten the country's defense capabilities, because the delay in training new defenders means weakness at critical moments of the war. CSA continues its struggle not only for its right to operate, but also for the safety of every citizen of Ukraine.

Why is this important?

The court's decision can become a precedent in the fight for the right of public initiatives and educational centers to work freely for the benefit of the state in accordance with the law, and not arbitrary instructions. In today's realities, we have to mobilize all resources to protect Ukraine as much as possible, and the Civil Safety Academy is one of those resources. The successful training of volunteers and instructors becomes the basis for our security, and any interference that paralyzes this process must be stopped.