The monthly information bulletin of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR) is dedicated to the analysis of state reforms, in particular in the areas of parliamentarianism and elections, constitutional and judicial reforms, civil service, anticorruption, etc. The goal of the publication is to increase the level of expert awareness among the citizens and to strengthen their capacity to influence the government authorities in order to expedite democratic reforms and to establish good governance in Ukraine.

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The monthly information bulletin of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform (CPLR) is dedicated to the analysis of state re-
forms, in particular in the areas of parliamentarianism and elections, constitutional and judicial reforms, civil service, anticor-
ruption, etc. The goal of the publication is to increase the level of expert awareness among the citizens and to strengthen their
capacity to influence the government authorities in order to expedite democratic reforms and to establish good governance
in Ukraine.
No. 21/2019 (September 2019)NEWSLETTER
Newsletter was produced with the financial support of the European Union.
Its contents are the sole responsibility of the CPLR and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the European Union.
CONSTITUTiON
• Constitutional changes of the new authorities
• Parliamentary constitutional seminar took place
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT
• Beginning of the new Government
FRIENDLY ADMINISTRATION
• Draft law No.1067 on deregulation threatens the
administrative reform achievements
FAIR TRIAL
• The CPLR experts analyzed the presidential draft law
on reforming judicial governance bodies
• Judicial governance: the experience of Ukraine, Geor-
gia and Moldova
• Personnel changes in the HCJ
ANTIcorruption
• The Verkhovna Rada is considering presidential legisla-
tive initiatives
• The CPLR experts prepared reports on criminal
statistics in Ukraine and on judicial practice in cases
of administrative offenses related to corruption
PUBLICATIONS
• Report on the Results of the Analysis of the Prob-
lem of Parliamentary Immunity in Ukraine
• Instruments for Strengthening Confidence in the
Courts in Ukraine
• 20 deliverables of Eastern Partnership for 2020:
Ukraine’s progress with the judiciary
• Consolidated judicial practice on administrative
offenses related to corruption (Articles 172-4–172-9
of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offences)
• Report on Criminal Statistics in Ukraine
• Assessment of Corruption Risks and Anti-corrup-
tion Programs in Executive Bodies: Current Status
and Activities of the National Agency for the Pre-
vention of Corruption in this area
ANNOUNCEMENTS

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CONSTITUTiON
Constitutional changes
of the new authorities
On August 29, 2019, the first working day of the new
Parliament, the President of Ukraine initiated 8 separate
draft laws on amending the Constitution of Ukraine, which
can be divided into three blocks. As early as September
3, 2019, the Verkhovna Rada approved one of them and
amended the Constitution as regards the constitutio­
nal determination of parliamentary immunity. As a result,
starting from January 1, 2020, people’s deputies will not
have parliamentary immunity in Ukraine (373 people’s
deputies of Ukraine voted in favor of this decision).
I. Weakening of parliamentarism by disrupting the sta-
tus of the People’s Deputy of Ukraine and broadening
the powers of the President
1. Draft Law No. 7203 “On Amending Article 80 of the
Constitution of Ukraine (on the parliamentary immunity)”.
Detailed analytics.
2. Draft Law No. 1014 “On Amending Article 106 of
the Constitution of Ukraine (on establishing the powers of
the President of Ukraine to create independent regulatory
bodies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine,
appoint and dismiss the Director of the National Anti-Cor­
ruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Director of the State
Bureau of Investigation)”. Detailed analytics.
3. Draft Law No. 1017 “On Amending Articles 76 and
77 of the Constitution of Ukraine (on the reduction of
the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine and consolidation of the proportional electoral
system) ”. Detailed analytics.
4. Draft Law No. 1027 “On Amending Article 81 of the
Constitution of Ukraine (on additional grounds for ear­
ly termination of the powers of the People’s Deputy of
Ukraine”. Detailed analytics.
Given the tendency of authorities for authoritarianism
and the extension of the President’s powers as a result of
implementing unconstitutional norms in Ukraine, the expert
environment recommends balancing the branches of power
by strengthening parliamentarism and clear delineation of
­executive powers between the President and the Government.
Instead, the proposed changes are aimed at weake­
ning parliamentarism through the status of a people’s dep­
uty. Liquidation of the institute of parliamentary immunity
can lead to a disturbance of the balance of branches of
power, as the mechanism of checks and balances, which
protects the legislative power against the encroachments
of the executive power, disappears.
It is proposed to establish a number of new bodies
appointed by the President – “independent regulators that
carry out state regulation, monitoring and control over the
activity of economic entities in specific areas.” First, such a
broad definition of bodies that the President can create is
contrary to constitutional theory. Second, it may actually
allow for the formation of presidential control over eco­
nomic activities that bears the threat of excessive interfer­
ence of the state with economic activity.
Given the absence of an independent judicial system in
Ukraine, the introduction of additional grounds for losing
the mandate of the People’s Deputy of Ukraine poses risks
of pressure on parliamentarians, as well as mechanisms of
“reprisal” against the opposition people’s deputies.
II. Abolition of the lawyer’s monopoly
Draft Law No. 1013 “On Amending the Constitution
of Ukraine (on the abolition of the lawyer’s monopoly)”
­Detailed analytics.
The draft law proposes to abolish general lawyer’s
monopoly, which was introduced in 2016 in the frame­
work of the constitutional reform of the judicial sys­
tem, and to retain the lawyer’s monopoly solely for the­
protection of individuals against criminal charges.
Introduction of the monopoly was motivated by the need
to increase the level of court representation services through
the establishment of certain requirements for access to the
legal profession, the professional level and the availability of
preventive mechanisms against malpractice by lawyers.
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representation services has predictably increased. It seems
that this very circumstance was a prerequisite for intro­
ducing such a draft amendment to the Constitution of
Ukraine by the President of Ukraine.
Experts of the CPLR did not support the introduction
of a lawyer’s monopoly during the judicial reform in 2016
due to the anticipated problems of providing legal assis­
tance to a person due to the increase in the cost of lawyer
services, and the lack of lawyers in rural areas.
III. Contentless and declarative.
1. Draft Law No. 1016 on Amending Articles 85 and 101
of the Constitution of Ukraine (on the Commissioners of
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine). Detailed analytics.
2. Draft Law No. 1028 on Amending Article 85 of the
Constitution of Ukraine (on the advisory, consultative and
other supplementary bodies of the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine. Detailed analytics.
3. Draft Law No. 1015 on Amending Article 93 of the
Constitution of Ukraine (on the Legislative Initiative of the
People). Detailed analytics.
The proposed changes from this block do not intro­
duce any new rules of regulation, but are merely declara­
tive. For example, the constitutional and legal status of
the Commissioners of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for
compliance with the Constitution of Ukraine and laws in
certain areas is enshrined without any powers being as­
signed to them and without determining the procedure for
interaction of the Commissioner for Human Rights with the
“new” Commissioners.
Consolidation in the Constitution of the Parliament’s
right to create advisory, consultative and other supple­
mentary bodies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine within
the limits of the funds provided in the State Budget of
Ukraine for exercising its powers is senseless. The Par­
liament previously created bodies corresponding to the
characteristics of “advisory, consultative and other supple­
mentary bodies” and they still exist today.
In addition, it is meaningless to delegate the right of
legislative initiative to the people of Ukraine without the
possibility of exercising it due to the lack of a certain pro­
cedure for the participation of the “people” in the legisla­
tive initiative and without detailing the legal status of such
an unclear actor as the people of Ukraine.
Parliamentary constitutional seminar
took place
On September 23, 2019, the Centre of Policy and Legal
Reform, in cooperation with the USAID RADA Program,
the Venice Commission and the International Institute for
Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA),
held a Parliamentary Constitutional Seminar and first pub­
licly discussed the constitutional initiatives of the Presi­
dent Volodymyr Zelensky.
The first parliamentary constitutional seminar of the
planned series was dedicated to the procedure of amen­
ding the Constitution and the Presidential draft laws
already submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Repre­sentatives of all parliamentary factions, Ukrainian and
international experts as well as professional organizations
were invited to the dialogue.
Head of the CPLR Board Ihor Koliushko and the CPLR
Board Member Julia Kyrychenko also attended the event.
The next constitutional seminar will be devoted to ear­
ly termination of powers of the People’s Deputy of Ukraine
and will be held on October 16, 2019.
Head of the Board Ihor Koliushko emphasized:
“Constitutional changes should be based
on a comprehensive vision of constitutional
reform; the society must first see the concept
of constitutional changes. Amending the
Constitution by seven separate draft laws
introduced at the same time is a mistake.”

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The main changes of the Law on the Restart of Execu­
tive Power relate to the civil service institution: the pro­
cedure for admission to civil service and dismissal, disci­
plinary liability of civil servants, protection of their rights,
remuneration, list of powers of the National Agency for
Civil Service, the activities of the Commission on Senior
Civil Service Corps. Introduction of a civil service contract
is the innovation of the Law.
The CPLR experts support the approach of creating
by the new Government of a number of ministries that will
allow the implementation of its Program of Activities. Fo­
reign experience shows that different countries may have
different number of ministries. The main thing is that all
areas of public policy are within the sphere of influence of
the Government. However, consolidation of a large number
Beginning of the new Government
Prior to the formation of the new Government, 19
ministries were operating in Ukraine. Now they are 15.
The new composition of the Government and the whole
system of executive authorities will work in the conditions
of amendments made to the laws “On Civil Service”, “On
the Cabi­net of Ministers of Ukraine”, “On Central Executive
Authorities”.
The Ministry of Regional Development, Construction,
Housing and Communal Services has been renamed into
the Ministry of Development of Communities and Territo­
ries of Ukraine; the Ministry of Economic Development and
Trade – into the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade
and Agriculture of Ukraine (it was merged with the reor­
ganized Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food); the Ministry
of Ecology and Natural Resources has changed into Mi­
nistry of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine
(in was merged with reorganized Ministry of Energy and
Coal Industry); the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs – into the
Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs, Temporarily Occupied Terri­
tories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine (it was
merged with the reorganized Ministry of Temporarily Oc­
cupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons).
The Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Youth and
Sports were liquidated; the Ministry of Information Poli­
cy was reorganized; instead, the Ministry of Culture, Youth
and Sports was established. The Ministry of Digital Trans­
formation of Ukraine was established by reorganizing the
State Agency for Electronic Governance.
On August 29, a new Government headed by the Prime Minister Oleksii Goncha­
ruk was formed. In this context, the list of ministries has been modified. On September 19, the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine adopted the Law “On Amending Certain Laws of Ukraine on Restart of the Executive Power”, which substan­
tially amended the Law on Civil Service. Guided by these amendments, the Government launched a massive staff
clean-up in the management of the central executive authorities. In addition, in September, the Government was
working on its Program of activities.
The new Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has been appointed
by the Parliament on August 29, 2019. Photo: CMU.
EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT
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of areas in one ministry can reduce the effectiveness of its
performance in each area.
The need to amend the Civil Service Law arose fol­
lowing the generalization of the three-year practice of
its application. For more than a year, the NACS Working
Group has been working on the relevant draft law. Some of
these proposals are currently reflected in the Civil Service
Law. For example, the approach to remuneration of civil
servants has been changed. Although the wording of this
article is not perfect, its approach will help to improve the
legal regulation of the issue.
However, the Civil Service Law also includes amend­
ments that were not previously discussed in the expert en­
vironment and relate to changes in the political leadership
of the state. This applies, for example, to the institution of
the civil service contract and the additional grounds for
termination of the civil service of individual civil servants
upon the initiative of the subject of appointment.
The subject of appointment may decide to dismiss a
Category A civil servant (Senior Civil Service Corps) on
its own initiative, upon the submission of the Prime Mini­
ster or the relevant Minister or Head of the CEB within
four months of the appointment of the Prime Minister of
Ukraine or the relevant Minister or head of the CEB, with
the simultaneous removal of such a civil servant from the
staff list of the relevant executive authority.
In our opinion, this violates the principles of the civil
service stability, the independence of the personal com­
position of the civil service from changes in the political
leadership of the state, nullifies those progressive achieve­
ments that have already taken place in the civil service in
the last 3 years. The statement on the “removal of a civil
servant from the staff list of the relevant executive autho­
rity” also raises questions.
In accordance with these changes to the Civil Service
Law, the CEB executives appointed on the basis of the
competitive selection, have been dismissed. For example,
such a dismissal has been applied to the Head of the State
Architecture and Construction Inspectorate of Ukraine
Sergii Kuzmin and the Head of the State Service of Geolo­
gy and Subsoil Resources of Ukraine Oleg Kyrylyuk.
In addition, State Secretaries of the ministries may
be dismissed in accordance with legislative changes. For
exam­ple, Oleksii Perevezentsv has already been dismissed
from his post as the State Secretary of the Ministry of Eco­
nomic Development and Trade of Ukraine. This contradicts
the main purpose of the State Secretary’s institution – to
preserve the institutional memory of the ministry, to assist
the newly appointed minister to get acquainted with all
issues of the ministry’s work, to organize the professional
work of the ministry’s apparatus.
Meeting of the new Government chaired by Prime Minister
Oleksii Goncharuk. Photo: CMU.

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citizens. Norms that carry such risks, on the contrary, con­
tradict the process of deregulation. That is why the Law
“On Administrative Services” stipulated that their titles
and grounds for receiving should be determined by laws.
2. Provision of the draft law on the definition of the en­
tities providing administrative services and their authority
to provide such services by the Government at a seconda­
ry level is contrary to the Constitution of Ukraine. Thus,
according to paragraph 2 of Article 6 of the Constitution,
legislative, executive and judicial authorities exercise their
powers within the limits established by this Constitution
and in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. Therefore, the
Government cannot by its by-laws delegate other powers
to other authorities. This provision of the draft law also
threatens to interfere with local self-government.
“Amendments to the Law on Administrative
Services proposed by the draft law No.1067 do
not guarantee deregulation. On the contrary,
they carry the risks of arbitrariness in practice,
as well as violation of the Constitution of
Ukraine, interference with the sphere of local
self-government. Ukrainian realities show that
determining the titles of administrative services,
identifying the entities providing them and
lists of documents for such services by by-laws
lead to an increase in the level of corruption
in this area, an increase in the number of
unnecessary “services” for the citizens and
profit-making on them. Therefore, this part of
the draft law needs to be rejected, or more
balanced solutions should be sought,” says the
CPLR expert Yevhen Shkolnyi.
Draft law No. 1067 on deregulation
threatens the administrative reform
achievements
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered and
included in the agenda the draft law No. 1067 on accelera­
ting deregulation, which threatens the reform of the
system of providing administrative services.
On August 29, 2019, the people’s deputies from “Slu­
ha Narody” faction registered in the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine the draft law No.1067. As early as September 10,
it was included in the agenda. The draft law aims to pro­
mote deregulation, and therefore affects the area of ad­
ministrative services. That is why it provides for a number
of amendments to the Law of Ukraine “On Administrative
Services”. In particular, the title of administrative service
and the grounds for receiving it, the entity providing the
administrative service and its authority to provide the ad­
ministrative service, as well as the list and requirements for
documents necessary for obtaining the administrative ser­
vice shall be determined not by the law, but by the Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine, that is, at the level of government
by-laws. This threatens the reform of the administrative
services system, which is one of the most successful in
Ukraine.
The CPLR believes that the proposed changes are un­
acceptable for the following reasons:
1. Determining the title of an administrative service and
the grounds for receiving it at the level of by-laws car­
ries the risk of groundless splitting of one administrative
service into several separate ones by the Government. In
Ukraine, the practice of approving so-called “lists of ser­
vices” by by-laws has already existed and was aimed at
increasing the number of services and earning money from
FRIENDLY
ADMINISTRATION
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered and included in the agenda the draft
law No. 1067 on accelerating deregulation, which can negate a number of achievements of the administrative
services system reform
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3. Definition of the list and the requirements for the
documents necessary for obtaining administrative services
by the by-laws of the Cabinet of Ministers is the most nega­-
tive aspect of this draft law. On the one hand, this me­
chanism can be used for deregulation. On the other hand,
it can also damage deregulation and cause additional bu­
reaucracy for citizens and businesses. Regardless of the
intentions of the incumbent Government, it is important to
keep in mind that governments will change. However, the
regulation does not have the proper level of transparency
and stability, as well as the consideration of the interests
of citizens. It is true that today some lists of documents for
obtaining even basic (most popular) administrative servi­
ces (for example, for passport) are defined by the by-laws.
This often results in citizens being asked for additional
documents that are not provided for anywhere. Some­
times the lists of documents for receiving administrative
services are determined by several by-laws. Citizens have
difficulties finding them and getting acquainted with their
contents. Moreover, they can even contradict each other. In
addition, the by-laws can be quickly and non-transparently
supplemented with new requirements and documents for
obtaining administrative services. Therefore, citizens will
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which also discredited itself by acting in the interests of
dishonest judges and political forces, while expanding its
powers, including with respect to the new HQCJ;
• difficulty for the agents of change to become
members of the Commission because of the requirements
that only representatives of the system to be reformed can
enter this body;
• deliberate inefficiency of the Commission on In­
tegrity and Ethics;
• too short timeframe for disciplinary proceedings,
which allows judges to avoid liability;
• reduction of the Supreme Court in the absence of
predefined criteria can be used for political purposes to
get rid of disloyal judges.
Judicial governance: the experience
of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova
On September 13, the CPLR in cooperation with the
DEJURE Foundation in Odessa held a conference on Ju­
dicial Governance in the Eastern Partnership Countries:
Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova. Representatives of the judicial
governance bodies, judges, Ukrainian and international ex­
perts attended the event.
Participants focused on discussing judicial reforms
in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova in line with the Eastern
Partnership goals by 2020, and highlighted the changes
According to the CPLR expert Roman Kuybi-
da, “the draft law needs thorough revision,
otherwise it poses serious threats to strength-
en the political dependence of judges and
the manageability of judicial corps.”
The CPLR experts analyzed the presi-
dential draft law on reforming judicial
governance bodies
On September 12, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
approved in the first reading the draft law No.1008 “On
Amending Certain Laws of Ukraine Regarding the Activity
of Judicial Governance Bodies”, which provides for:
• dissolution of the existing High Qualifications
Commission of Judges and the formation of a new com­
position based on a new principle;
• reducing the number of the Commission members
from 16 to 12;
• establishment of the Commission on Integrity and
Ethics, which will monitor the integrity of the members of
the High Council of Justice and the HQCJ and may initiate
their dismissal;
• shortening the timeframe for disciplinary procee­
dings (to 30 days from the date of receipt of the
complaint) and giving the right to initiate proceedings to
members of the HCJ and the Commission on Integrity and
Ethics;
• reducing the number of the Supreme Court jud­
ges – from a maximum of 200 to 100 judges;
• reducing the remuneration for the members of the
High Council of Justice, the HQCJ, and the judges of the
Supreme Court;
• lustration of the heads of the HQCJ and the State
Judicial Administration of Ukraine.
The CPLR experts drafted an Opinion to the draft law
and supported the re-launch of the HQCJ with the involve­
ment of international experts. However, they pointed to
numerous shortcomings of the draft law, including:
• maintaining the existing composition of the HCJ,
FAIR TRIAL
The CPLR experts have identified serious deficiencies in the presidential draft law on
judicial governance reform. Staff changes have occurred at the High Council of Justice.
SUMMARY OF THE MONTH

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proposed in the draft law No.1008 “On Amending Certain
Laws of Ukraine on the Activity of Judicial Governance
Bodies”.
At the conference the experts also presented two
studies: ”20 Deliverables of Eastern Partnership by 2020:
Ukraine’s Progress in Justice”, which, in addition to ana­
lyzing the current state of implementation of the goals,
provided recommendations for their achievement, and
”Judicial (In)Dependence: Judicial Governance Lessons
for the Eastern Partnership Countries”, which analyzed the
results of the activities of the judicial governance bodies in
Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine and provided recommenda­
tions on the composition of the judicial governance bodies
in these countries.
The event was supported by the European Union and
the International Renaissance Foundation as part of the
grant component of the Civil Synergy project, sponsored
by the Ukrainian National Platform of the Eastern Partner­
ship Civil Society Forum.
Personnel changes in the HCJ
On September 24, the High Council of Justice termi­
nated the authority of the Chairman of the HCJ, V. Govo­
rukha, on the basis of his application and elected a new
chairman, A. Ovsiyenko. As reported, the journalists re­
corded the visit of A. Ovsiyenko and V. Govorukha to the
Office of the President of Ukraine on the eve of considera­
tion by the HCJ of the issues concerning the removal of
judges, who, according to the investigation, tried to inter­
fere with the conduct of the qualification assessment.
On September 30, the President using his quota nomi­
nated O. Blazhivska as the HCJ member; she was one of
the two winners of the competition, to which the public
organizations expressed comments. In particular, it was
revealed that O. Blazhivska was appointed judge immedi­
ately after her father’s appointment as Deputy Prosecutor
General of Ukraine, although before that she worked as an
assistant notary. There have also been numerous questions
raised by the public about the property of the judge and
her family members.
Although the selection committee recommended six
candidates for two vacant positions of the HCJ members,
the President has not yet appointed another HCJ member.
Attempts to enhance the role of the HCJ in the judicial
system, the appointment by the President to the Council
of a person to whom the public has expressed comments,
and the replacement of the HCJ Chairman with a person
who has been seen in having connections with the Office
of the President, may indicate an attempt to strengthen
political control over the activities of this judicial governa­
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The Verkhovna Rada is considering
presidential legislative initiatives
People’s Deputies are considering the draft laws sub­
mitted by President Zelensky to address problems in the
area of preventing and combating corruption.
At the end of August, several draft laws on anti-cor­
ruption policy were submitted to the Verkhovna Rada,
including initiatives on the clarification of the jurisdiction
of the High Anti-Corruption Court, rebooting the Natio­
nal Anti-Corruption Agency, protection of the exposers of
corruption, renewal of criminal responsibility for unlawful
enrichment and introduction of civil confiscation of unjus­
tified assets of public servants, etc. The first of these draft
laws, which concerned the jurisdiction of the High Anti­
Corruption Court, had already been passed and entered
into force, eliminating the risk of excessive burden on the
newly created court. In the beginning of October, the law
on the relaunch of the NACP was approved. The third draft
law has been approved in the first reading and is being
prepared for the second reading in the Verkhovna Rada
Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy.
As regards the proposed legislative initiatives,
the CPLR experts in their conclusions provided as­
sessment and recommendations in relation to most
of them, in particular on how these draft laws could
be improved before the second reading to avoid po­
tential problems in implementing the new legislative
provisions.
The CPLR experts prepared reports
on criminal statistics in Ukraine and
on judicial practice in cases of ad-
ministrative offenses related to cor-
ruption
In September, experts from the Centre of Policy
and Legal Reform finalized a report on criminal
statistics in Ukraine, which was developed using
a special methodology. The report analyzes the
international statistical standards of the UN and the
EU, the current practice of collecting and releasing
relevant statistics, formulating conclusions and
provi­ding recommendations on how the criminal
statistics system in Ukraine can be improved. The
report can be viewed on the CPLR website via the
link.
In addition, this month, a summarized report on
the judicial practice in cases of administrative offen­
ses related to corruption was completed. It analyzes
a significant number of court decisions in relevant
administrative offenses cases, identifies major chal­
lenges in ensuring the inevitability of punishment
for such offenses, and provides suggestions for the
elimination of these problems. This report has also
been published on the CPLR website via the link.
ANTIcorruption
The High Anti-Corruption Court commenced its work on September 5, and it is
currently conducting trial in the first criminal proceedings. This court is expected to impartially and objectively
administer justice in corruption and corruption-related cases.
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Instruments for
Strengthening
Confidence in the
Courts in Ukraine
Roman Kuybida,
Maksym Sereda,
Mykhailo Zhernakov.
Consolidated
judicial practice on
administrative offenses
related to corruption
(Articles 172-4–172-9
of the Code of Ukraine
on Administrative
Offences)
Oleksandr Dudorov
Assessment of Corruption Risks and
Anti-corruption Programs in Executive
Bodies: Current Status and Activities of
the National Agency for the Prevention
of Corruption in this area
Anton Marchuk
Report on the Results
of the Analysis
of the Problem
of Parliamentary
Immunity in Ukraine
Kostiantyn Zadoya,
Mykola Khavroniuk
20 deliverables of
Eastern Partnership
for 2020: Ukraine’s
progress with the
judiciary
Report on Criminal
Statistics in Ukraine
Mykola Khavroniuk,
Ruslan Shekhavtsov
ЗВІТ
ЗА РЕЗУЛЬТАТАМИ АНАЛІЗУ
ПРОБЛЕМИ НЕДОТОРКАННОСТІ
НАРОДНИХ ДЕПУТАТІВ УКРАЇНИ
Автор: Костянтин Задоя,
кандидат юридичних наук, доцент
Редактор: Микола Хавронюк,
доктор юридичних наук, професор
КИЇВ – 2019
1
20 DELIVERABLES
OF EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
FOR 2020
UKRAINE’S PROGRESS WITH THE JUDICIARY
SEPTEMBER 2019
ЗВІТ
щодо кримінальної статистики
в Україні
Київ - 2019
INSTRUMENTS FOR STRENGTHENING
CONFIDENCE IN THE COURTS IN
UKRAINE
AUTHORS:
Roman Kuibida, Centre for Policy and Legal Reform
Mykhailo Zhernakov, DEJURE Foundation
Maksym Sereda, Centre for Policy and Legal Reform
Peer-review by Lino Brosius, Center for International Legal
Cooperation (the Netherlands)
POLICY PAPER
DATE:
September 26, 2019
Supported by a grant from the Foundation Open Society Institute in cooperation with
the OSIFE of the Open Society Foundation.
Узагальнення судової практики
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