19 Jun, 2018
Ukrainian Public Law and Administration Network UPLAN
In October 2017, Centre of Policy and Legal Reform started to develop a regional network of Think Tanks – Ukrainian Public Law and Administration Network. We have teamed up so that civil society gets more opportunities to influence the authorities and local government with the purpose of strengthening reforms.
18 Jun, 2018
Full Report on the Findings of the Trial Monitoring Programme in Ukraine
Full report based on the findings of the Trial Monitoring Programme in Ukraine, carried out in 2017 by the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform within “Safeguarding Human Rights through Courts” project of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada. Available in Ukrainian only.
08 Jun, 2018
Anti-corruption court wins; experts still assessing law
It’s taken two years, two competing drafts laws and two worried letters to the government from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, but on June 7 Ukraine’s parliament finally passed the second and final reading of a bill to create an anti-corruption court
07 Jun, 2018
Because of the flaws in the constitutional design we are losing time for development, which Ukraine doesn’t have so much’, – Julia Kyrychenko, Member of the Board of the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform.
More results of the International Round-Table 'Semi-presidentialism and Inclusive Governance in Ukraine: Reflections for Constitutional Reform' are in the video from the Round-Table
28 May, 2018
An unconstitutional Law on Referendum was abolished in Ukraine
On April 26, 2018, the Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the Law “On All-Ukrainian Referendum”, which was adopted at the time of Yanukovych. The decision of the Constitutional Court to declare the Law “On All-Ukrainian Referendum” unconstitutional has stopped the possibility of conducting manipulative national referenda in Ukraine.
23 May, 2018
Residence Registration System in France: Main Points
In the scope of current reform of the residence registration system in Ukraine, the analysis of the French system was proven relevant. Indeed, what is looked for in a potential new Ukrainian system is the simplicity and the security for citizens to register their residence? For the French citizen, it is the case. Without any compulsory registration, but with many mechanisms of declaring the residence, the French citizens benefit from a simple system
22 May, 2018
Roman Kuybida: Poroshenko to create puppet anti-graft court
Members of the Public Integrity Council accuse President Petro Poroshenko of deceiving foreign partners and trying to create a fake anti-corruption court.