The press release of the ECHR discloses the details of the case of Khlebik v. Ukraine. The case concerned the complaint by a man who had been convicted of several offenses by a court in Luhansk Oblast in 2013. The domestic courts were...
In three verdicts published on 31 May 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recognized Russia guilty for the actions of the authorities self-proclaimed Transnistria, a Russian proxy state in Moldova, the Ukrainian outlet...
On 2 May 2017, the Constitutional Court of Moldova delivered the judgment on the interpretation of an article of the country’s constitution on the permanent neutrality of Moldova, following a petition filed by the deputies of the...
In line with our readers’ predictions, the UN International Court of Justice has recognized its prima facie jurisdiction in the case of Ukraine against Russia, despite Moscow’s attempts to convince the court that it does not...
Reform of judiciary has been one of the most demanded changes since Ukraine’s very independence in 1991. It has also potentially been among the hardest ones. Ukraine inherited a Soviet judicial system which could hardly be called...
On 8 March, the Ukrainian representatives took the floor once again in the International Criminal Court in The Hague to answer Russia’s legal arguments and rebuttals to Ukraine’s accusations of funding terrorism and...
On 7 March 2017, representatives of Russia were given the floor to answer Ukraine’s accusations of funding terrorism and discriminating against Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars in the International Court of Justice, the UN’s...
On 6 March 2017, the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, started holding hearings in Ukraine’s case against Russia concerning the Application of the International Convention for the Suppression of...
Judicial reform one of the most crucial changes for all other reforms in Ukraine – it is in the courtroom where the postulate of democracy, “one law for all,” is carried out. As most other spheres in Ukraine, a dependence...
On March 31, in a much anticipated appellate procedure in Moscow City Court, a judge considered the appeal of opposition activist Ildar Dadin, the first Russian citizen to be convicted under Russia’s new and highly controversial...
In Petrozavodsk on June 1 began the trial of one of the most amazing people I have ever known – local historian Yuriy Dmitriev. He has dedicated his life to the dead. He is accused either of producing child pornography or illegal...
