JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE Media digest 17.01.2012 Law On Decriminalization Of Economic Crimes Comes Into Force 12.01.2012 Yanukovych signs law on improvement of administrative proceedings 12.01.2012 New Supreme Court head wants change, but lacks powers to lessen corruption 02.01.2012 Chornobyl liquidators prepare to go to Strasbourg court to defend their rights 02.01.2012 Kravchuk: Only European court can take democratic decision on Tymoshenko case 31.12.2011 Batkivshchyna lawmakers seek EU sanctions against some judges, prosecutors 27.12.2011 Constitutional Court recognizes government's right to determine size of social payments 23.11.2011 Council Of Europe: No Balance Between Defense And Prosecution During Judicial Processes In Former USSR 20.11.2011 Portnov: New Criminal Procedure Code To Likely Increase Acquitting Judgments To 30% - 40% 20.11.2011 Presidential aide: Judicial reform to be done in 2012 18.11.2011 Secret court rulings show regression of democracy 17.11.2011 Rada Names Temkizhev Higher Administrative Court Judge 11.11.2011 Yanukovych signs law that broaden functions of Supreme Court 07.11.2011 Higher Council of Justice to weigh Supreme Court's ruling to mitigate life sentence of some convicts 24.10.2011 A report on Judicial Self-Governing Bodies and Judges’ Career in the Eastern Partnership Countries was published by the Council of Europe Strasbourg, 14 October 2011 28.06.2011 Constitutional Court Rules Constitutional President's Right To Dissolve Law Courts 28.06.2011 Pechersk court will allow cameras into the courtroom 10.06.2011 Rights judge: Torture common in Ukraine 10.06.2011 Nominees for judge to take qualifications exam in June 10.06.2011 Kyiv to take into account Venice Commission's remarks on judicial reform, says president 18.05.2011 Enhancing judicial reform in the Eastern Partnership countries Project 08.02.2011 Supreme Court Head Onopenko says criminal cases aim to force him to leave his post 07.02.2011 Kyiv district court judge arrested while taking bribe 06.02.2011 Supreme Court head Onopenko is not a suspect in any criminal case 30.01.2011 Onopenko not going to resign 29.01.2011 New report slams judicial reform in Ukraine 24.01.2011 Ukraine is one leading plaintiffs at European Court of Human Rights 24.01.2011 Lutsenko appeals to European Court of Human Rights 24.01.2011 Unidentified person shoots at court building in Zaporizhia 23.01.2011 High court zigzagging Ukraine’s Constitutional Court recently overturned the “political reform” of 2004 that had dramatically altered the country’s system of government. In detail >> 23.01.2011 Selective Justice Ukraine’s authorities stepped up arrests of political opponents over the winter holidays, amid growing international concern that the nation is sliding down an authoritarian path one year into the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. In detail >> 22.01.2011 Court leaves former first deputy justice minister Korniychuk in custody Kyiv Court of Appeals has upheld Pechersky district court's decision to put former first deputy justice minister Yevhen Korniychuk under arrest for two months as a pre-trial restriction. In detail >> 22.01.2011 EU official warns Ukraine about 'selective justice' (update) Legislation should not be used for political purposes, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Stefan Fuele has said. In detail >> 09.12.2010 President swears in newly appointed judges President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych participates in a ceremony of swearing in the judges appointed to the office for the first time. In detail >> 02.11.2010 Illegal seizure of the premises of the Supreme Court of Ukraine jeopardizes its administration of justice 01.11.2010 Superior Specialised Court For Civil And Criminal Cases Commences Work 29.10.2010 Yanukovych asks parliament to stop interfering in judge selection 12.10.2010 Dependent judiciary 07.10.2010 Judges resign in Ukraine after judicial reform   Archiv		Events CJS November, 11 2011, Kyiv, Supreme Court of Ukraine, Pylyp Orlyk Str. 8 Conference "Judicial Independence /publication of poll results/". Press-anons (ua). Information about conftrence (ua). October, 13 -14 2011, Vinnitsa Appeal Administrative Court Round table "Problems of application of legislation related to social benefits to privileged categories of citizens in Ukraine". Information about the round table. October, 5-6 2011 р., Yaremche, Ivano-Frankivsk region. Seminar "Communications of the judiciary." Information about the seminar. July, 1 2011, Kyiv, Supreme Court of Ukraine, Pylyp Orlyk Str. 8 International Conference "Problems of application of the European Court of Human Rights in the legal system of Ukraine". Press-anons(ua). Agenda (ua). June, 17 2011, Kyiv Appeal Court Methodological seminar «Judicial Independence: International Standards and National Practice». Post-relize(ua). Photoreport(ua). "Support to Penitentiary Reform in Ukraine" June, 23 2011, Court of Appeal of Kievsky region Seminar «The Pre-trial Detention: Specifics of Application»” Photoreport(ua). June, 22 2011, Kyiv Appeal Court Seminar «The Pre-trial Detention: Specifics of Application» .Photoreport(ua). May, 31 2011, Kyiv, National Academy of Prosecution of Ukraine Seminar for prosecutor's investigator «The Pre-trial Detention: Specifics of Application». Photoreport. May, 24 2011, Kyiv, National Academy of Prosecution of Ukraine Seminar for prosecutors «The Pre-trial Detention: Specifics of Application». Agenda(ua). Photoreport. April, 14 2011, Kyiv, UKRINFORM Round table  "The right to liberty and security in Ukraine". Photoreport. March, 18 2011, High specialized court of Ukraine on the civil and criminal cases Plenary Hall, Pylyp Orlyk Str. 4-A Interdepartmental Roundtable on the Practice of Pre-trial Detention. Agenda. Photoreport. The Joint Project of the Council of Europe and the European Union Seminars for judges on European standards for the effective investigation of allegations of ill-treatment. June, 22 2011, High Specialized Court for Civil and Criminal Cases Seminar for judges of the High Specialized Court of Ukraine for Civil and Criminal Cases on European standards the effective investigation of allegations of ill-treatment. Post-relize(ua). May, 31 2011, Simferopol May, 30 2011, Yalta May, 27 2011, Odessa May, 20 2011., Ivano-Frankivsk May, 13 2011, Mukachevo April, 27 2011 Kirovograd. April, 26 2011, Cherkassy. April, 19 2011, Luhansk. April, 15 2011, Lutsk. April, 14 2011, Rivne. April, 01 2011, Poltava. Agenda(ua) March, 31 2011, Sumy. Agenda(ua) March, 25 2011, Mykolayiv March, 24 2011, Kherson March, 16 2011, Kyiv Appeal Court March, 11 2011, Ternopil' Appeal Court March, 10 2011, Khmelnitskiy March, 3 2011, Vinnitsa February, 28 2011, Chernihiv. Agenda (ua) February, 25 2011, Zhitomir. Agenda (ua)   Archiv>>

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