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Unresolved situation with Ukraines ECHR Judge is harming the countrys reputation
05.05.2009
The ongoing difficulties in resolving the question of candidates for post of European Court of Human Rights Judge only confirm the stand taken by human rights groups to keep politics out of choice of Judge for this crucial post
Do you need to grab for a gun to get a wheelchair from the State?
28.04.2009
Thanks to UHHRU and an organization for the disabled, Oleksandr Melnyk, driven to despair by the callous indifference of the authorities and court, has received a pardon – and the wheelchair he shouldnt have had to fight for
Court revokes amnesty for men accused over Dnipropetrovsk gas explosion
22.04.2009
On 22 April the Dnipropetrovsk Court of Appeal revoked the court ruling on 20 January amnestying three men charged with professional negligence and sent the case back for a new examination.
Parliament considers amendments to the law on amnesty
13.03.2009
A draft law has been tabled in the Verkhovna Rada which would cancel the right of amnesty to people in whose cases judgment had not yet been passed.
Election of Ukrainian Judge to the European Court: are we entertaining or irritating Europe?
23.02.2009
The saga over the election of Ukraines Judge to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is well into its second year with no end in sight
Courts not children-friendly
09.02.2009
A study carried out by the Civic Initiative Foundation in Kharkiv and Kharkiv regional courts has found little if any effort to accommodate for the needs of children and young people in court
Ukrainians will apply less to Strasbourg
02.02.2009
KHPG lawyer Arkady Bushchenko believes that people are learning that the European Court of Human Rights cannot help in all cases. On the other hand, he sees the claims being put forward as being of high-quality and capable of making an impact on Ukrainian courts
«Dobrochyn» Centre protests suspended sentence for convicted paedophile
30.01.2009
The civic organization, representing the victim and her family, as well as the Prosecutor, are appalled by the effective reduction of the charges and are calling for a stiff sentence
In 2008 Strasbourg awarded damages against Ukraine of 20.5 million UAH
28.01.2009
Ukraine has the fourth largest number of applications to the Court in Strasbourg, after the Russian Federation with the most, then Turkey and Romania
Dniprohaz, an amnesty and questions that could go all the way to Strasbourg
25.01.2009
The court ruling this week amnestying three men charged with professional negligence has clearly not put to rest the emotions and questions raised over the tragic gas explosion in October 2007 which claimed the lives of 23 Dnipropetrovsk residents. And how indeed could it?
Judges more and more often on the crime pages
22.01.2009
Ukrainian judges are increasingly falling under the scrutiny of the law enforcement agencies
Victims of Dnipropetrovsk gas explosion outraged over amnesty
21.01.2009
As a result of the amnesty, three men – the former director, his deputy and the chief engineer of Dniprohaz who were facing charges of professional negligence have been released without judicial examination and the claims for compensation also left
Head of the Constitutional Court speaks out against life tenure for judges
30.12.2008
In the interview reported here, Judge Stryzak also speaks of problems with implementation of the Courts judgments and about fighting corruption in the judiciary
Strasbourg unimpressed over evidence not only once retracted, but also in absentia
23.12.2008
In an important judgment Lutsenko v. Ukraine, the Court found that the use by a Ukrainian court of written evidence from a co-accused who the applicant was unable to question had been a violation of his right to defence (Article 6 § 1 of the Convention).
Criminal investigations against judges launched in Kharkiv and the Crimea
12.12.2008
In both these new cases, the judge is suspected of passing knowingly wrongful rulings
Judges accused of bribe-taking
04.12.2008
The Prosecutor Generals Office has launched one criminal investigation into an alleged case of corruption involving a judge, sent another to the court and asked the Supreme Court to determine jurisdiction in two other cases
Call for judge to be dismissed over the case against “CAT plus”
03.12.2008
In December 2007 Tetyana Khaustova passed a ruling ordering “CAT plus” and the journalist Nataliya Popova to pay 80 thousand UAH in damages to the Mayor of Slovyansk Valentin Rybachuk . The ruling was later overturned as in breach of norms on freedom of expression
Monitoring of Judicial Independence in Ukraine: 2008
03.12.2008
The results of this study by the Centre for Judicial Studies demonstrate dangerous tendencies with infringements of judicial independence, with the institutional independence of the judiciary under constant threat from individual high-ranking public officials and state bodies.
Ukraine paying for infringements established by the European Court of Human Rights
01.12.2008
Ukrainians are increasingly turning to Strasbourg for justice and being awarded fair amounts in compensation. According to the Deputy Minister of Justice, the figure paid out so far this year is five million UAH
Council of Judges critical of mounting pressure on judges
27.10.2008
It calls on judges “to not succumb to blackmail and provocation, regardless of whom they originate from, and not allow themselves to be used in political confrontation, and refrain from passing rulings which do not have legal basis and justification in law.”
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