Ukraine
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 28, 1996
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law; legislative acts are subject to verification by the judiciary
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Supreme Council (Verkhovna Rada)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court and Constitutional Court
RELIGIONS
orthodox majority; catholic minority
From the country
- MARCH 23, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On March 23, during a state visit of Ukrainian President...
On March 23, during a state visit of Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma to Sweden, Birgitta Dahl of the Swedish Riksdag (Parliament) called attention to issues concerning Ukraine's membership in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and to t
- MARCH 19, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On March 19, Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Mynko, charged...
On March 19, Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Mynko, charged with robbing and murdering US Peace Corps volunteer, Viktor Verlow, was sentenced to death by the Chernihiv Regional Court
- JANUARY 27, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) with its Resolution 1179 adopted on January 27, 1999, considered that the Ukrainian authorities, including the Verkhovna Rada, are responsible to a great extent for the failure to respect the comm
- JANUARY 1, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
In recent years, the death penalty has been abolished...
In recent years, the death penalty has been abolished for 13 crimes, but 23 articles of the Criminal Code still provide for it