Venice Commission: Constitution must be changed by parliament
Thomas Markert, Secretary of the Venice Commission, is adamant that decisions based on the results...
12 December 2012
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Author of “biometric” law gets Gold Thistle of the Year Anti-Award
Marking Human Rights Day, 10 December, the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union has announced the...
12 December 2012
ECHR awards victims of Chernihiv police torturers 35 thousand EUR
Profoundly frustrating that it is the taxpayers who will pay for yet another case involving...
29 November 2012
Bypassing the Constitution
Among the numerous calls to veto dangerous laws ignored by President Yanukovych this year alone,...
28 November 2012
Concern over reduction of right of court review in new Criminal Procedure Code
A positive feature of the new Criminal Procedure Code outlawing the use of confessions obtained...
28 November 2012
NGOs call to unite in defence of freedom of assembly
The safeguarding of human rights and civil liberties is the main function of the State....
23 November 2012
Apparent UNIAN response to censorship allegations
UNIAN says that it has made a number of staff changes following conflict over allegations...
23 November 2012
Police checks under scrutiny – and criticism
Ukrainians are suffering more and more often from unlawful searches by police officers, especially at...
23 November 2012
Cosmetic “veto” to seriously dangerous law
The President has formally used his power of veto with respect to the Law on...
20 November 2012
Constitutional Fiddle
The timing of the Law on Referendums could have seemed merely inappropriate coinciding as it...
20 November 2012