Ukraine abolished the death penalty in February 2000,...

Ukraine abolished the death penalty in February 2000, with an overwhelming majority vote of the members of the Ukrainian parliament. The vote followed a December 1999 ruling of the Ukraine Constitutional Court judging the death penalty unconstitutional for both violating the principle of the right to life, which is enshrined in the country's constitution, and contravening the constitutional provision that no one should be subjected to torture or to cruel or inhuman treatment or punishment.
In April 2001 Parliament approved a new Criminal Code formally abolishing the death penalty and establishing imprisonment as the maximum form of punishment. The new legislation became effective as from June 1 of the same year.