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
- AUGUST 26, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On August 26, the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs,...
On August 26, the Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, Yuriy Kravchenko said Ukraine would be ready for life imprisonment of convicts sentenced to capital punishment in two years if 50m hryvnyas were invested in development of the Ukrainian penitentiar
- AUGUST 9, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On August 9, the Supreme Court of the Crimea in Ukraine...
On August 9, the Supreme Court of the Crimea in Ukraine sentenced Dmitry Dyomin a member of a satanic cult to death for murdering and eating a 15 year-old girl, in November
- JULY 22, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On July 22, it was reported that an opinion poll held...
On July 22, it was reported that an opinion poll held by Socis-Gallup shows that of 1,200 respondents, 43% were against the abolition of the death penalty
- JULY 7, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On July 7, the Ukrainian Parliament demanded that the...
On July 7, the Ukrainian Parliament demanded that the death sentence passed on Kurd leader Abdullah Ocalan be reversed
- JUNE 1, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
In June, the Parliamentary Assembly concluded from...
In June, the Parliamentary Assembly concluded from the report submitted by its Monitoring Committee that no substantial progress was achieved by May 20, 1999 in the above-mentioned areas
- MAY 27, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On May 27, President Kuchma said he doubted that the...
On May 27, President Kuchma said he doubted that the country's Parliament would vote to abolish capital punishment
- MAY 20, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On May 20, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council...
On May 20, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe decided to recommend that the Assembly should suspend the credentials of the Ukrainian delegation because Ukraine did not respect its commitments on the death penalty
- MAY 18, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On May 18, President Kuchma said at a meeting with...
On May 18, President Kuchma said at a meeting with teachers and students of the Institute for Foreign Relations at Kiev National University that "he will never agree" to replacing the death penalty for Onopriyenko with life imprisonment
- APRIL 28, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
Ukraine was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Ukraine was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28, 1999 (1999/61)
- APRIL 7, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On April 7, Chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Council...
On April 7, Chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Council (Parliament), Oleksandr Tkachenko, spoke in favor of the unconditional execution of the death sentence for serial murderer Onopriyenko
- APRIL 1, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
On April 1, the Zhytomyr Regional Court handed Anatoliy...
On April 1, the Zhytomyr Regional Court handed Anatoliy Onopriyenko the expected death sentence
- APRIL 1, 1999UkraineDEATH PENALTY
In April, it was reported that the majority of people...
In April, it was reported that the majority of people who took part in an opinion poll carried out by the all-Ukrainian political union, Yedyna Rodyna (United Family), favored the death sentence as the highest punitive measure in Ukraine