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Crisis of political genre
09.09.2008
It has become virtually impossible to differentiate between political events and their reflection in the media, and it is politicians themselves who contribute most to this. They dont balk at any genre, and the media unfortunately are all too eager to go along with them
Appeal from the Ukrainian Catholic University to Ukraines academic community
06.09.2008
How can we, Ukraines academic institutes bring up a new and morally steadfast generation when for the seventeenth year now the Ukrainian political milieu, aside from rare moments of spiritual enlightenment, has been unfailingly presenting examples of cynical disregard for Gods laws and immoral assault of the truth?
Supreme Court defends Zhvanias constitutional rights
04.08.2008
On 1 August the Supreme Court suspended the ruling of the Kyiv Court of Appeal from 2 July which ordered a review of a ruling from 1999 which formed the grounds for National Deputy David Zhvania to receive Ukrainian citizenship
Passports are not Party cards
28.07.2008
On National Deputy David Zhvania, recent interrogations, citizenship irregularities and political scandals in the context of the rule of law
Constitutional Court declares law limiting its scope unconstitutional
09.07.2008
The Court has declared unconstitutional the amendment from 4 August 2006 of the Law “On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine” which banned it from reviewing changes to the Constitution which had already come into force.
Venice Commission warns against politicizing constitutional changes
09.07.2008
Amendments to the Constitution being discussed by Ukrainian politicians should be aimed primarily at ensuring the effective work of the institutions of power
Constitutional Court judgment on faction shifting in parliament
27.06.2008
The Constitutional Court has stated that a National Deputy must remain in the deputy faction of the political party or electoral bloc whose candidate list he or she was elected to.
“A New Constitution –Civic Societys Position”
22.06.2008
The Civic Assembly of Ukraine is calling on the countrys leaders to put an end to manipulative political intrigue and self-interest over constitutional reform. It is time for a responsible, law-based approach to that most fundamental public contract – the Constitution
Civic organizations call for a Constitutional Assembly
22.06.2008
Changes to the Ukrainian Constitution should be drawn up and adopted by a Constitutional Assembly. This was the message on Saturday from the Second Civic Assembly of Ukraine “A New Constitution –Civic Societys Position”
Deputies hold on to their perks
17.06.2008
Parliament has rejected a draft law which would have abolished the right to free transport, use of official delegation halls, free housing and medical treatment It also envisaged additional grounds for early termination of a National Deputys mandate.
Court accepts claim against Human Rights Ombudsperson
09.05.2008
A Vinnytsa resident has taken the Human Rights Ombudsperson Nina Karpachova to court and won a historic victory for the area
The Dominance of a hypocrisy fraught with very dangerous consequences
22.04.2008
Report by Sergey Kovalev at the meeting between the EU delegation and a delegation of Russian NGOs on the eve of the new round of EU-Russia consultations on human rights defence
Venice Commission adamant that a Constitution cannot be passed without parliament.
19.04.2008
The Deputy Secretary of the Venice Commission stresses that the Constitution needs to gain the backing of a part of the Deputies of the Verkhovna Rada
Constitutional Court judgment on referendum over a new Constitution
19.04.2008
A new Constitution cannot be approved by an all-Ukrainian referendum until the Verkhovna Rada makes amendments to the Constitution. This judgment was made public by the Constitutional Court on Friday.
The Ombudspersons specific attitude to the publics right to information
10.04.2008
Information requests regarding the Ombudspersons work in 2006-2007 are, according to members of the Ombudspersons Secretariat akin to interference …
The dazzle and squalor of the constitutional process in Ukraine
06.04.2008
The Constitution is an act of civic society and it cannot be passed solely by professional politicians who will certainly not manage to avoid the temptation of adapting the Constitution to serve their own selfish interests, or will sabotage its creation altogether
Politicians already backing out of the Constitutional Council
06.03.2008
In commenting on the Party of the Regions decision to withdraw from the National Constitutional Council, Speaker of Parliament Arseny Yatsenyuk said that this indicated the impossibility of adopting a Constitution within the Verkhovna Rada
The Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudspersons “extensive work”
04.03.2008
Sufficient to glance at the Ombudspersons website to see how extensive the work is, not to mention the coverage, with sections updated irregularly and unsystematically
Legal spasms
01.03.2008
A surreal court ruling on 29 February could, if not revoked, send many peoples faith in the rule of law into fast fall. The story was squalid and political, but this involves the judiciary and whatever the judges may say, it concerns every one of us
Lawlessness in the country “does not impinge on citizens interests”
29.02.2008
A Kyiv administrative court has rejected the civil suit brought against the Human Rights Ombudsperson, the Speaker of Parliament and the Verkhovna Rada itself over infringements of the law governing the election of the Ombudsperson and prohibiting the latters holding electoral office
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