Lustration in Ukraine
In Ukraine, lustration (
The name "lustration" alludes to similar purges of civil servants that took place in Eastern Europe following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The exclusion from service is set to a term of five to ten years.[7]
Overview
The purpose of the lustration campaign is to remove from public office "for ten years and others for five years" civil servants who worked under
The complete process of checking all civil servants is to be completed in December 2016.[needs update][9] Elected offices like the President of Ukraine and People's Deputies of Ukraine will not be subject to lustration checks.[7] Current judges of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the Supreme Court of Ukraine will not be subject to lustration either.[7]
History
Lustration was one of the demands of the
The first lustration wave, in October 2014, resulted in the removal of 39 high-ranking officials.[16] By mid-September 2015 700 officials were lustrated/fired.[17]
Criticism
According to
Volodymyr Yavorsky of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group described the 14 August 2014 lustration bill as "unreasonable." He warned that its implementation would entail "serious systematic violations of human rights," because, among other reasons, too many people would be affected by it, including the effects of dismissing officials who could not be easily replaced.[18]
The Council of Europe's Venice Commission ruled on 12 December 2014 that the lustration law contained some serious flaws; it called for revision of the lustration criteria, administrative decisions on lustration to be postponed and that information on who is subject to lustration should only be published after a final court ruling issued.[19]
See also
References
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- ^ "Developments in Ukrainian Lustration". Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
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- ^ Edwards, Maxim (24 July 2019). "Welcome to Ukraine's Post-Post-Maidan Era". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ Petrenko, Victoria (2019-10-20). "Servant of the People party member planning to stop ongoing lustration - Oct. 20, 2019". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ "Lustration preventing comeback of Ukraine's ancien regime challenged after five years". 10 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Lustration law faces sabotage, legal hurdles". Kyiv Post. 23 October 2014.
- ^ Interfax Ukraine. 15 October 2014.
- Interfax Ukraine. 16 October 2014.
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- ^ "Arseniy Yatseniuk nominated to lead new government as Ukraine prime minister". Kyiv Post. 27 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Rada passes bill on government lustration in first reading". Interfax-Ukraine. 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Ukraine OKs Malaysian experts' access to MH17 crash site". China Central Television. 12 August 2014.
- ^ "Ukraine's Parliament passes law on lustration". Kyiv Post. 16 September 2014.
- Interfax Ukraine. 16 October 2014.
- ^ Week in numbers, UNIAN (20 October 2015)
- ^ Yavorsky, Volodymyr (14 August 2014). "Proposed lustration law has serious defects". Kyiv Post.
- ^ Council of Europe Venice Commission: some provisions of Ukrainian lustration law should be revised, Interfax-Ukraine (12 December 2014)