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HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS IN UKRAINE: OLD AND NEW CHALLENGES
02.12.2005
This report aims to provide a comparison of the situation with regard to human rights in Ukraine during the period which has already become known as the ‘Kuchma era (1994-2004) and the situation in 2005.
The first distortions of Deputy "immunity" emerge, with no criminal charges against the Head of the Ternopil regional administration
17.11.2005
The Ternopil region prosecutors office accused Anatoliy Zhukinskiy, the head of the Ternopil regional administration, of large-scale misappropriation of budget funds. Corporative deputies protection saved him from criminal charges...
Open Letter to the President of Ukraine
09.11.2005
An Appeal from members of the human rights movement of the 1960s to 80s and former prisoners of conscience to the President of Ukraine, calling on him to use the powers vested in him by the People, to prevent dangerous amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine.
A Cold shower for “servants of the people”
27.10.2005
A riddle for naive local deputies: When is immunity not immunity? When it is a legal fiction and youve been conned. A useful reminder for those who seem to need it to read their – and our – Constitution
A reform by any name …
04.10.2005
Why human rights activists are up in arms against impending “political reform” in Ukraine. Or why it can be wise when hearing the word “reform” from unexpected places to stop and think about hidden agendas…
Memorandum of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group with regard to the threat posed by the “political reform
02.10.2005
27 September 2005, the Kharkiv Human Rights Group (KHPG) issued an “Open letter regarding the threat of ‘political reform in Ukraine. Today, in this “Memorandum” we will attempt to go somewhat deeper into the arguments presented succinctly in the open letter. In contrast to previous publications of the KHPG about the ‘reform, here we propose to consider its basic conception and the attempts at implementing it on the formal judicial, purely procedural level.
Open letter from the Kharkiv Human Rights Group regarding the threat posed by the “political reform”
28.09.2005
Planned amendments to the Constitution
The “Maidan” Alliance is turning to the President of Ukraine demanding that he put an end to the “blue and pink” counter-revolution
27.09.2005
Open Letter from the “Maidan” Alliance to the President of Ukraine
The Regime must not stop reforms in the field of human rights
20.09.2005
Press Release of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union 15 September 2005
A Constitutional and legal analysis of Leonid Kravchuks statement regarding impeachment
20.09.2005
A Constitutional and legal analysis of Leonid Kravchuks statement regarding the possibility of launching impeachment proceedings against the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko
Analysis of Viktor Yushchenkos appointment of acting Prime Minister and Head of the Security Service
14.09.2005
A constitutional and legal analysis of the resolution of President of Ukraine V. Yushchenko on the appointment of Yury Yekhanurov to the post of acting Prime Minister of Ukraine and I. Dryzhchany to the post of the head of the Security Service of Ukraine
100 days of the new government through the prism of human rights
17.08.2005
Analysis by Evhen Zakharov, the Head of the Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.
On protection of peoples sovereignty and the Constitution. Appeal to the President of Ukraine
10.06.2005
“Taking into consideration everything above-said, we are turning to you with the plea to take all needed juridical and political measures for the protection of the operating Constitution and, at the same time, for initiation of the process of really democratic constitutional reform”, – appeals the Alliance “Maydan”.
The project of the Criminal-procedural code is back
10.05.2005
RUPOR informs that on 14 March the draft of the Criminal-procedural code, about which many have already forgotten, is again submitted to the coordinative council of parliamentary factions
Constitutional reform of 2004 and human rights
10.05.2005
By the state on 31 December 2004, the Constitutional reform is legally represented by Law No. 2222-IV “On introduction of changes into the Constitution of Ukraine” of 8 December 2004. Legal analysis of the Law from the viewpoint of human rights and some recommendations on improvement of the Law
Some information about the doubles of public campaign “PORA!”
28.04.2005
There are at least two campaigns “PORA!” in Ukraine.
Will the prosecutors office be reformed?
28.04.2005
This question was discussed at the round table “Reform of the constitutional status of prosecutors office and its role in the system of human rights protection”, which was conducted on 2 February 2005 by the Parliamentary committee in charge of human rights, national minorities and interethnic relations. Short review of opinions and remarks of the participants
Are there prisoners of consciousness in Ukraine?
10.03.2005
Numerous statements of Ukrainian human rights protectors and competent international human rights protection organizations evidence about resumption in Ukraine, during the Presidential election, of the practice of persecution of dissenters and use of law-enforcing organs as a tool for political struggle. Yet, law-enforcing organs continue to disclaim the facts of mass detentions and arrests of the activists.
Human rights protectors demand immediate reforms for strengthening of human rights and fundamental freedoms
10.03.2005
“New President of Ukraine and government should realize the immediate reforms aimed at strengthening and guaranteeing of human rights and fundamental freedoms”, reads the open letter of human rights protectors to the new power, which was made public on 22 January 2005.
…Plus “dekuchmization” of all country
10.03.2005
Analysis of current situation in the country and the steps that should be taken for improvement of this situation.
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