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 19, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Vitaliy Boyko, the chairman of the Supreme Court said...
Vitaliy Boyko, the chairman of the Supreme Court said in an interview that before the death penalty was abolished as a Council of Europe requirement there used to be between 120 and 150 death sentences handed out every year
- JULY 20, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Parliamentarians stated in the 'Kievskiye Vedomosti'...
Parliamentarians stated in the 'Kievskiye Vedomosti' newspaper that they thought the parliamentary procedure rules and the constitution were violated during the ratification of the No 6 protocol, which abolished the death penalty in Ukraine
- JUNE 8, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Parliament amended the penal code to substitute the...
Parliament amended the penal code to substitute the death penalty for life imprisonment
- MAY 3, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Costa Rica confirmed its intention to deport Nazi criminal...
Costa Rica confirmed its intention to deport Nazi criminal Bogdan Kozy, a Ukrainian who served in the German police while his native country was occupied by the Nazis in World War II
- APRIL 26, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukraine cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty...
Ukraine cosponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- MARCH 22, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
President of the Ukraine Leonid Kuchma signed the law...
President of the Ukraine Leonid Kuchma signed the law abolishing the death penalty with immediate effect
- MARCH 15, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Internal Affairs minister, Yuriy Kravchenko, addressing...
The Internal Affairs minister, Yuriy Kravchenko, addressing parliament, said that 419 people who had been sentenced to capital punishment will most probably receive long prison terms
- MARCH 1, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Hungary's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Gabor Horvath,...
Hungary's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Gabor Horvath, said Hungary welcomed the decision of the Ukrainian Parliament to abolish the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The European Union welcomed the 22 February decision...
The European Union welcomed the 22 February decision of the Parliament of Ukraine to abolish the death penalty and to ratify Protocol 6 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms concerning the abolition of the
- FEBRUARY 25, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
In Zhytomyr, signatures were being collected for a...
In Zhytomyr, signatures were being collected for a request addressed to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma demanding the death penalty for the serial killer Anatoliy Onopriyenko
- FEBRUARY 23, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed the 22 February votes...
The Council of Europe welcomed the 22 February votes by Ukraine's parliament to abolish the death penalty and ratify Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's...
Following the 30 December 1999 Constitutional Court's decision, the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) abolished the death penalty clauses contained in the country's criminal code, criminal code of practice and correctional code replacing it with a maximum sente