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In 2024, Ukraine continues to grapple with the complexities of lustration, a crucial process designed to purge government ranks of officials tainted by corruption or malpractices from past administrations. Initially launched to cleanse the system post-Yanukovych era, the lustration efforts have seen various iterations and legal challenges. Recent developments highlight the expiration of a 10-year restriction on appointing certain officials, sparking debates on the law’s scope and effectiveness.
Both the European Court of Human Rights and domestic courts have weighed in, with rulings that occasionally contradict local sentiments. The ECHR's rulings on compensations for unjust dismissals under lustration laws have stirred controversies, citing discrepancies with European standards. Meanwhile, political figures like former President Poroshenko criticize new proposals that could extend purges, signaling potential power struggles.
Additionally, the ongoing legislative actions in the Verkhovna Rada, including President Zelenskyi’s push for broader lustration laws, demonstrate the dynamic and contentious nature of reforming Ukraine’s bureaucratic landscape. These moves have met with skepticism from international bodies like the G7, yet the drive towards transparency and justice continues to mold Ukraine’s governance.
As lustration remains a pivotal yet divisive tool, its evolution is closely watched by both national and international observers, marking a significant chapter in Ukraine’s journey towards democratic consolidation and accountability.
Both the European Court of Human Rights and domestic courts have weighed in, with rulings that occasionally contradict local sentiments. The ECHR's rulings on compensations for unjust dismissals under lustration laws have stirred controversies, citing discrepancies with European standards. Meanwhile, political figures like former President Poroshenko criticize new proposals that could extend purges, signaling potential power struggles.
Additionally, the ongoing legislative actions in the Verkhovna Rada, including President Zelenskyi’s push for broader lustration laws, demonstrate the dynamic and contentious nature of reforming Ukraine’s bureaucratic landscape. These moves have met with skepticism from international bodies like the G7, yet the drive towards transparency and justice continues to mold Ukraine’s governance.
As lustration remains a pivotal yet divisive tool, its evolution is closely watched by both national and international observers, marking a significant chapter in Ukraine’s journey towards democratic consolidation and accountability.
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10-year lustration process has been completed in Ukraine: Yanukovych-era officials can be freely appointed to positions The 10-year term of restrictions under the Cleansing of the Ranks of Power (lustration) Law has expired in Ukraine. 7 175 65
Venediktova Cancels Kyiv Prosecutor Yuldashev Appointment Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova has canceled the appointment of Serhii Yuldashev as the Prosecutor of Kyiv. 15 759 56
ECHR obliges Ukraine to pay compensations to 5 dismissed under lustration The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has obliged Ukraine to pay compensations to five former officials dismissed under the government cleansing (lustration) law due to violation of their rights in the country and admitted that the law on government cleansing differs from lustration laws adopted in other countries of Central and Eastern Europe in that it is broader in scope. 1 817 14
Lustration of officials in Ukraine violating human rights - ECHR The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has declared that the Law of Ukraine On purification of power in Ukraine violates human rights. 3 554 40
Poroshenko criticizes Zelenskyi's idea of new lustration in Ukraine Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, currently the leader of the European Solidarity party, said he believes President Volodymyr Zelenskyi's idea to extend the effect of the law on lustration to broader categories of public officials would eventually lead to vacating offices for the "fifth column." 7 522 252
G7 Ambassadors doubt feasibility of Zelenskyi’s idea on lustration The prosecution of accused in abuse of power is the right step but the current situation in Ukraine is comparable to that after the Revolution of Dignity as G7 Ambassadors reported. 31 337 403
Zelenskyi tables in parliament bill on lustration of top-ranking officials Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has tabled in the Verkhovna Rada a bill on the removal from public office of high-ranking officials who held their posts from February 23, 2014 until May 19, 2019. 40 080 697
Zelenskyi proposes purging top officials who worked in 2014-2019 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has proposed introducing the purge of the president, the parliament speaker, people's deputies, the SBU chief, the NSDC secretary and other high-ranking officials who held positions between February 23, 2014, and May 19, 2019. 55 631 1 382
Constitutional Court postpones consideration of lustration law The Constitutional Court has again postponed the consideration of the law on government cleansing. 2 494 31
Constitutional Court postpones consideration of lustration law The Constitutional Court of Ukraine has postponed consideration of the Law of Ukraine "On Government Cleansing" (Lustration Law). 2 177 26
Rada bans screened officials from taking local government posts The Ukrainian parliament has banned civil servants falling under the law on the cleansing of the ranks of power from holding posts in local government. 7 500 5
PGO puts Superior Economic Court ex-Head Tatkov suspected of illegally distributing cases on wanted list, - prosecutor Horbatiuk The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) has put on the wanted list ex-Chairman of the Superior Economic Court of Ukraine Viktor Tatkov charged with illegal distribution of cases. 6 884 14
Judge Melnychuk, supporter of Euromaidan ban, successfully assessed by qualification commission. PHOTO The High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine (VKKS) has found no reasons to deny Volodymyr Melnychuk's lifetime appointment to the post of judge. Melnychuk is known for supporting the court decision prohibiting public rallies in downtown Kyiv in late 2013-early 2014. 32 606 141 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan
Liechtenstein unfroze 13 million francs on accounts of Yanukovych-era judge, - Deutche Welle 13 million Swiss francs on the Liechtenstein accounts of allegedly corrupt Ukrainian judge Artur Yemelianov and his wife have been unfrozen. According to Liechtenstein's law enforcement, this happened because Ukraine failed to prove the illegality of the money origin. In turn, the Prosecutor General's Office notes that the funds can not be frozen by Ukrainian court as Liechtenstein does not provide necessary information requested by Ukrainian law enforcers. 14 779 58
Constitutional Court of Ukraine may repeal lustration law at any time. Risks are quite high, - Petrenko At the moment, there are great risks that the Constitutional Court will repeal or suspend the legitimacy of the main paragraphs of the lustration law. 4 615 33
Repassing of law on screening officials impossible after its abolition by Constitutional Court, MP Yemets says. DOCUMENT (in Ukrainian) The laws and their regulations cannot be readopted without revision if they are deemed unconstitutional. 16 711 36
"It is vengeance taken on MPs, president, and society for judicial reform," lawmaker Ariev commented on reasons for lustration law abolition The possible abolition of the law on lustration may be caused by the judges’ desire to take vengeance for amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine in terms on justice recently adopted by the Verkhovna Rada. 32 739 58
Parliament to adopt new law on screening officials if current one abolished, - Speaker Parubii Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andrii Parubii believes that there is no reason to question the law on lustration. 7 654 25
Lutsenko opposes lustration law abolition as head of agency most efficiently cleansed due to it Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko strongly opposes the abolition of the law "On the cleansing of the ranks of power" (lustration). 6 492 42
No elections possible in Donbas in few years, - Committee of Voters It will not be possible to hold elections in the occupied areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in upcoming years. 24 629 144 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas
Head of Security Service of Ukraine in Chernihiv region Dovzhenko, who falls under lustration, promoted, - media Head of the SBU in the Chernihiv region Oleksandr Dovzhenko, pursuant to the lustration law, was promoted. He was awarded the rank of Major General on March 25. 32 637 98
PGO fires Odesa region prosecutor Stoianov pursuant to lustration law Acting Prosecutor General Yurii Sevruk has dismissed Odesa region prosecutor Mykola Stoianov as falling under lustration. 25 133 76
Ministry of Justice unveils names of prosecutors falling under lustration The Ministry of Justice has published the names of all prosecutors who are subject to lustration. 38 301 79
Term of prosecution against judges who tried Maidan activists expired, - High Administrative Court The High Administrative Court of Ukraine says it is no longer possible to take disciplinary action against the majority of judges who tried Maidan activists, as the periods of limitations have expired. 25 005 130 Previously in trend: Investigation of crimes against Maidan
Former minister Bohatyriova has no assets abroad, no use in sanctions, - PGO Sanctions against Yanukovych-era official, former NSDC Secretary and Healthcare Minister Raisa Bohatyriova make no sense, except for their political component. 3 907 49
Infamous Kyiv court judge Vovk reinstated Disreputable judge of the Pechersk district court of Kyiv is hearing cases again. 25 800 170
Poroshenko dismissed four judges, infamous Kireiev among them Poroshenko has fired judge of the Pichersk district court of Kyiv Kireiev. 24 993 260
Court reinstates NBU ex-deputy head suspected of $2 billion theft The District Administrative Court of Kyiv has invalidated the National Bank order of Oct. 22, 2014 on dismissal of Borys Prykhodko as NBU deputy head and restored him in office. 10 496 87
Results of year of screening corrupt officials: 2,500 officials prohibited from holding senior positions, 860 - dismissed 860 officials, who came within the purview of law on the cleansing of power, have been dismissed according to the results of the expiring 2015. 6 897 55
Chief of Kyiv police Tereshchuk discharged Interior Minister Arsen Avakov has dismissed Kyiv police Chief Oleksandr Tereshchuk. 70 041 153 Previously in trend: National Police recertification
High Council of Justice asked to screen about 60 judges The High Council of Justice has received some 60 requests to vet judges, with most of them remaining in the occupied territory of the Donbas. 3 542 12
PGO summons Justice Minister Petrenko for interrogation. DOCUMENT The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has summoned Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko for questioning in the case of a possible pressure on the Constitutional Court judges. 7 162 19
Deputy Interior Ministers Paskal and Rudenko dismissed The Cabinet has discharged Deputy Interior Ministers Serhii Rudenko and Vasyl Paskal. 22 493 39
"Don’t you like it? Well, this is life" - Constitutional Court Head Baulin replied to charges of involvement in usurpation of power by Yanukovych Chairman of the Constitutional Court Yurii Baulin muted microphone of Samopomich party MP, Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee for Preventing and Combating Corruption Yehor Soboliev when the latter asked whether the current judges of the Constitutional Court have the right to consider the case on the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Law on the cleansing of power. 63 563 201
Judges falling within purview of law on lustration must fulfill requirements of legislation, - Poroshenko President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko emphasizes the need to reinvent the country’s judicial branch. 5 838 50
Considering law on lustration, Constitutional Court’s judge Shaptala cites opinion of subject to purge Kivalov When considering the law on the cleansing of the ranks of power, judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Shaptala referred to the opinion of non-affiliated MP Serhii Kivalov, who himself is the subject to purge and can be personally interested in the recognition of the law as unconstitutional. 21 277 123
Minister Abromavicius: "I would like to have all directors of public companies screened" All directors of public companies should be screened for damages they inflicted to Ukraine. 4 470 59
Presidential Administration says complete replacement of all judges not possible: "You won't find 8,000 new judges" Deputy head of the Presidential Administration Oleksii Filatov believes it is not possible to completely replace the entire judicial manpower in Ukraine. 25 882 431
Cabinet blocked $1.4 bln in assets of companies close to Yanukovych, - Minister Petrenko The government has blocked $1.4 bln in assets of companies close to Viktor Yanukovych. It regards accounts in state banks with funds belonging to offshore companies. 7 098 30
Ministry of Justiced voiced the number of purged officials 700 officials have been dismissed under the law on authorities purges. 6 725 52
Yanukovych agrees to testify in his case, - lawyers. PHOTO Lawyers of the fugitive former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych said their client had agreed to testify in his case. 55 273 252
Poroshenko ordered not to purge former head of Kyiv police Tereshchuk President Petro Poroshenko protected ex-Chief of Kyiv police Oleksandr Tereshchuk against “lustration”. 11 764 86
Poroshenko appointed top SBU officials who are subject to lustration and supported antimaidan - Media After the resignation of the head of the SBU new appointments took place in the agency. The biographies of the new leadership contain work in the Crimean police during the "Russian Spring", millions in tax declarations and places in lustration lists. 44 662 205 Previously in trend: Nalyvaichenko - Prosecutor's Office conflict over oil depot
Rada elected judges who persecuted Euromaidan protesters: some activists also voted for their appointment, - journalist. DOCUMENT On May 21, people’s deputies voted on appointment of judges. Among those elected there were judges who sentenced activists of Euromaidan and Demalians political party for having picketed Mezhyhiria [former president Yanukovych’s residence – Ed.]. These judges have also banned protest actions during Euromaidan events in different regions of Ukraine. Among the deputies who voted for their appointment, there were those who used to be the Euromaidan activists themselves. 40 697 189
Judge Farkosh, who issued order for Kozachenko search, previously released Kharkiv's mayor Kernes from arrest - Journalist. PHOTO Resolution on search at apartment of the Ministry of Justice purge department head Kozachenko was adopted by judge Farkosh, who previously ran scandalous cases of "beating" a "Berkut soldier" by teacher Moskalenko during her eviction from her home in Pechersk district of Kyiv, as well as released Kharkiv's notorious mayor Kernes from arrest. 48 876 170
Search of Purge Department employee completed: "They came, found nothing, and left.". DOCUMENT Searches in apartments of Tetiana Kozachenko, Head of the Purge department at the Ministry of Justice, and her deputy Dmytro Dymov is related to their investigation into corrupt activities of the State Fiscal Service officials. 24 697 29
Police attempted search in premises of Justice Ministry Purge Department director and her deputy. PHOTOS Central Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry has attempted a search in the premises of Director of the Justice Ministry’s Purge Department Tetiana Kozachenko. 57 640 140
Ivano-Frankivsk regional justice department head douched with brilliant green and wheeled in dumpster. PHOTOS+VIDEO Head of the regional justice department Vasyl Kavatsiuk registered the 'Opposition Bloc' organization in the Ivano-Frankivsk region on March 25, 2015. 59 066 291
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