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
- 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
- JANUARY 19, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The substitution of the death penalty with imprisonment...
The substitution of the death penalty with imprisonment for life will raise the efficiency of punishment, Minister of the Interior Yurii Kravchenko said
- JANUARY 14, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision of the...
The European Union (EU) welcomed the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine regarding the death penalty as unconstitutional
- JANUARY 6, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko said "a presidential...
Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko said "a presidential guarantee in accordance with a relevant decision by the Ukrainian Constitutional Court stating that the death penalty will no longer be carried out in Ukraine" will aid investigations into crimes imp
- JANUARY 5, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [PACE] hailed the 30 December 1999 decision by the Ukrainian Constitutional Court on the abolition of the death penalty
- JANUARY 5, 2000UkraineDEATH PENALTY
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the...
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Geneva-based body that works for the rule of law around the world, hailed Ukraine's Constitutional Court for ruling that the death penalty must be abolished in the former Soviet republic
- JANUARY 1, 2000UkraineDEATH 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
- DECEMBER 30, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On December 30, the Constitutional Court decided that...
On December 30, the Constitutional Court decided that the death penalty is not in compliance with the Constitution
- DECEMBER 3, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On December 3, Deputy Justice Minister Lidia Gorbunova...
On December 3, Deputy Justice Minister Lidia Gorbunova said Ukraine was moving towards abolition of death penalty even though the society regarded this as premature because the Council of Europe was pressing for abolition, and Ukraine itself was willing t
- NOVEMBER 2, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On November 2, Ukraine representative Ms
On November 2, Ukraine representative Ms
- OCTOBER 12, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On October 12 Viktor Medvedchuk, the Parliament's Deputy...
On October 12 Viktor Medvedchuk, the Parliament's Deputy Chairman said that the Ukrainian Parliament could not meet the Council of Europe's demand that it ban capital punishment because the rising crime rate and the complex social situation "make it impos
- AUGUST 26, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On August 26, the Ukrainian Supreme Court left unchanged...
On August 26, the Ukrainian Supreme Court left unchanged the death penalty for the serial killer Onopriyenko