05 Feb, 2018
The CPLR expands its scope of activities by launching a new direction "Medical Law and Healthcare Reforms"
A feature of the activity within the direction will be conducting research on the rights of doctors and patients, providing analytical support for the necessary organizational and structural changes in various areas of the health care system. This is a fundamental difference from other organizations, which focus mainly on the financial aspects of the health care system functioning
31 Jan, 2018
Constitutional Justice Reform: No Results Yet
In June 2016, the constitutional reform in the area of justice took place in Ukraine, part of which was reforming the status of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine aimed at ensuring its independence. Politically motivated decisions of the Constitutional Court under the Yanukovych regime, notably the unconstitutional change of the Constitution in September of 2010, clearly highlighted the problem of dependence of constitutional justice in Ukraine
28 Jan, 2018
Analytical Report ‘Establishment of the new Supreme Court: key lessons’
Analysts from the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform and DEJURE Foundation tracked and recorded the course of the competition to the Supreme Court and prepared an analytical report thereon. For the first time, the selection of judges to the highest judicial institution proceeded through an open competition which lasted almost a year and ended in November 2017. Already in December that year, the new court started its operation
20 Dec, 2017
Civil society organizations call for rejection of a Draft Law that downplays the role of the public in the judges’ selection and appraisal process
On November 17, a revised Draft law No.6593 was registered in the Parliament. Should Draft law be adopted, the powers of the current members of the PIC will be terminated and so will be the public participation in the process of judges’ selection and evaluation as the draft law contains a number of regulations that make the PIC dependent upon the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine
19 Dec, 2017
State Investigations Bureau should probe crimes of judges and law-enforcers – survey results
The newly established State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) should focus primarily on investigating crimes committed by judicial and law enforcement officers. This is the opinion of the majority of experts and public representatives who took part in the online survey
18 Dec, 2017
Why do Ukrainian lawyers treat the new Supreme Court with caution?
More than 20% of appointed judges of the Supreme Court are those who received negative opinions from the CCI that were ignored by the HQCJ and the HCJ. However, with the exception of the President of the Supreme Court, other senior positions in the new Supreme Court went to former chairs of higher courts, with respect to whose integrity the CCI has voiced serious reservations, - Roman Kuybida, Board Member of the CPLR, about the forming of the new Supreme Court
18 Dec, 2017
Legal opinion on Draft of Election Code № 3112-1
On November 7, 2017, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for the adoption of the draft Election Code of Ukraine (No. 3112-1) in first reading. Draft of Electoral code № 3112-1 introduces a proportional electoral system with open lists, which is a positive step. At the same time, the draft of Electoral code needs to be finalized in terms of the status of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine, electoral rights of internally displaced persons, election procedures at local elections, reporting of political parties, etc
15 Dec, 2017
The public calls on the Competition Comission under the President to disclose information on the selection of judges to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
The CPLR and RPR call on the competition commission to disclose December 19: List of persons recommended for the position of a judge of the CCU; Resolution of the competition commission on the refusal to allow six candidates to participate; Information on the procedure for assessing the candidate’s compliance with the constitutional requirements for a candidate for the CCU judge position, first of all with respect to high moral qualities and a requirement to be a recognized lawyer
15 Dec, 2017
Expert Discussion “State Bureau of Investigations: Operational Priorities”
On December 19, the Centre of Policy and Legal Reform with the Association of Ukrainian Human Rights Monitors on Law Enforcement will announce the results of the expert and civil society opinion poll regarding expectations from the State Bureau of Investigations