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
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukraine asked the Council of Europe to do its utmost...
Ukraine asked the Council of Europe to do its utmost and make Thailand's authorities vacate the death sentence to Ukrainian citizen Viktoria Mamontova
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code under which the most...
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code under which the most severe crimes are punished by life sentences became effective on September 1, 2001
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code became effective on September...
A new Ukrainian Criminal Code became effective on September 1, 2001
- AUGUST 31, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for...
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court cleared the way for the expulsion of Ukrainian Nazi Bodan Kosiy Ivanovich, 80, as had been ordered by the government in February 2000
- AUGUST 31, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko said the...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Anatoliy Zlenko said the Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma instructed the Foreign Ministry to strive for the observation of the rights of the Ukrainian citizens Mykola Soltys and Victoria Mamontova by foreign officials, in full
- AUGUST 27, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The mother of a Ukrainian woman named Viktoriya Mamontova...
The mother of a Ukrainian woman named Viktoriya Mamontova appealed to the Council of Europe in trying to get her death sentence revoked
- AUGUST 17, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Thonburi Criminal Court, in Thailand, sentenced...
The Thonburi Criminal Court, in Thailand, sentenced to death a Ukrainian woman for having 1
- MAY 21, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
President Leonid Kuchma signed the Criminal Code that...
President Leonid Kuchma signed the Criminal Code that was recently approved by Parliament, thus ensuring that it will come into force
- APRIL 6, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE)...
The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) recommended the suspension of Ukraine from the organization
- APRIL 5, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukraine's parliament overwhelmingly approved a new...
Ukraine's parliament overwhelmingly approved a new criminal code, abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2001UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On December 30, 1999, the Constitutional Court ruled...
On December 30, 1999, the Constitutional Court ruled that the articles on the death penalty in the criminal code violated the principle of respect for human life and were unconstitutional
- NOVEMBER 22, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Mikhail Potebenko announced...
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Mikhail Potebenko announced that the number of first-degree murders would rise in the Ukraine due to a moratorium on death penalties