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Andriy Kostin
Andriy Yevhenovych Kostin ( uk, Андрій Євгенович Костін; born 17 April 1973) is a Ukrainian lawyer and politician. , he is a member of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, since he was elected to it 2019. Kostin was a candidate in the 2021 competition to become the new head of the Ukrainian Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO). Civil society organisations Transparency International Ukraine, Automaidan, Anti-Corruption Action Center and Dejure stated that Kostin did not satisfy the integrity criteria of the competition. Kostin was not selected. Kostin was the Head of the Verkhovna Rada Legal Policy Committee for two years, from 2020 to 2022. On 27 July 2022, Kostin was voted by the Verkhovna Rada as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Education Andriy Kostin studied law from 1990 to 1995 at Odesa University. He qualified as a lawyer in 1995. Lawyer Kostin was an attorney at ''Polonsky & Partners'' in Odesa from 1995 to 1998. He b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prosecutor General Of Ukraine
The prosecutor general of Ukraine (also procurator general of Ukraine, uk, Генеральний прокурор України) heads the system of official prosecution in courts known as the Office of the Prosecutor General ( uk, Офіс Генерального прокурора). In 1991 the post was inherited from the socialist law state. The term of authority of the prosecutor is six years.The law on the High Council of Justice earned (5 January 2016) The prosecutor general is appointed and dismissed by the president with |
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the Wikt:Unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada is composed of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies, who are presided over by a Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, chairman (speaker). The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capital Kyiv. The deputies elected in the 21 July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election were inaugurated on 29 August 2019. The Verkhovna Rada developed out of the systems of the republican representative body known in the Soviet Union as Supreme Soviet (Supreme Council) that was first established 26 June 1938 as a type of legislature of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR after the dissolution of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets, Congress of Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethics Council (Ukraine)
The Ukrainian Ethics Council is a legal body of three Ukrainian and three international members created in 2021 to appoint members of the Supreme Council of Justice. Anti-corruption organisations AutoMaidan, Dejure, and Anti-Corruption Action Center criticised the Council's June 2022 appointments as including "tainted" judges and for refusing a well-known anti-corruption judge and whistleblower, Larysa Golnyk. Legal basis The Ukrainian Ethics Council was legally defined by Ukrainian law No. 1635-IX, "On amendments to certain legislative acts of Ukraine concerning the procedure for selection (appointment) to the positions of members of the High Council of Justice and the activities of disciplinary inspectors of the High Council of Justice". Members According to the law, the Ethics Council consists of 6 members, including three members nominated by the Council of Judges of Ukraine from among judges or retired judges, and three members nominated by the Council of Prosecutors of Uk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a population of 2.4 million. The peninsula is almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine. To the east, the Crimean Bridge, constructed in 2018, spans the Strait of Kerch, linking the peninsula with Krasnodar Krai in Russia. The Arabat Spit, located to the northeast, is a narrow strip of land that separates the Sivash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. Across the Black Sea to the west lies Romania and to the south is Turkey. Crimea (called the Tauric Peninsula until the early modern period) has historically been at the boundary between the classical world and the steppe. Greeks colonized its southern fringe and were absorbed by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Agency For Prevention Of Corruption
The National Agency for Prevention of Corruption ( uk, Національне агентство з питань запобігання корупції) or NAPC is a national anti-corruption agency of the Ukrainian government which is responsible for shaping and implementing anti-corruption policy, while creating an environment conducive to corruption prevention. It has been functioning since 2016. The agency is one of the three anti-corruption pillars of Ukraine, created after the Euromaidan revolution, along with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO). In contrast to NABU, which is a law-enforcement institution, NACP has a preventive function. As such, the Agency develops regulations that help prevent corruption and ensures compliance with them. The candidates of the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election were required submit a declaration of income for the year preceding the year of the beginnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by population within city limits, seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational, and cultural center in Eastern Europe. It is home to many High tech, high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of Transport in Kyiv, public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro. The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During History of Kyiv, its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of prominence and obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slavs, Slavic settlement on the great trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maksym Dyrdin
Maksym Yevhenovych Dyrdin ( uk, Максим Євгенович Дирдін; born 11 October 1982) is a Ukrainian politician currently serving as a People's Deputy of Ukraine representing Ukraine's 132nd electoral district as a member of Servant of the People since 2019. Early life and career Maksym Yevhenovych Dyrdin was born on 11 October 1982 in the city of Pervomaisk, in Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv Oblast. He is a graduate of the , specialising in jurisprudence. Since 2011, he has been a Candidate of Judicial Sciences, and since 2013 he has been an associate professor. In 2006, Dyrdin became a legal adviser to "Ukraine's Bread" DAK. The same year, he joined the National University of Taxation's staff, working his way up from an assistant to associate professor of criminal law and forensics. He worked at the university until 2016, becoming general director of , a clothing manufacturer. Since 2009, he has been a lawyer. In the 4th Verkhovna Rada, he served as an assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Register Of National Public Actors Of Ukraine
Open or OPEN may refer to: Music * Open (band), Australian pop/rock band * The Open (band), English indie rock band * ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969 * ''Open'' (Gotthard album), 1999 * ''Open'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2001 * ''Open'' (YFriday album), 2001 * ''Open'' (Shaznay Lewis album), 2004 * ''Open'' (Jon Anderson EP), 2011 * ''Open'' (Stick Men album), 2012 * ''Open'' (The Necks album), 2013 * ''Open'', a 1967 album by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity * ''Open'', a 1979 album by Steve Hillage * "Open" (Queensrÿche song) * "Open" (Mýa song) * "Open", the first song on The Cure album ''Wish'' Literature * ''Open'' (Mexican magazine), a lifestyle Mexican publication * ''Open'' (Indian magazine), an Indian weekly English language magazine featuring current affairs * ''OPEN'' (North Dakota magazine), an out-of-print magazine that was printed in the Fargo, North Dakota area of the U.S. * Open: An Autobiography, Andre Agassi's 2009 memoir Comput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corruption In Ukraine
Corruption is a historical issue in Ukrainian society often tied to a troubled relationship with Russia. Since regaining independence from Russia; Ukraine has faced a series of politicians, criminal bosses, and oligarchs who used corruption of police, political parties, and industry to gain power. In response to mass corruption people lead a populist revolt which lead Euromaidan uprising and the 2014 Revolution of Dignity. History Following Post Soviet Union Independence Ukraine faced the greatest and most violent corruption in areas of Donbas which had with materials, industry, tourism, and ports.. Roots of the Ukrainian corruption stem from the Soviet nature of the Ukrainian political leaders, who used to be integrated into the Communist (ruling elite) before the collapse of the Soviet Union. . In 2005 mass graves from the 1990s with businesspersons, judges, lawyers, investigators were discovered in Donestk. In a August 1995 survey by the 41.8% of respondents stated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Bar Association
The International Bar Association (IBA), founded in 1947, is a bar association of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA currently has a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and 190 bar associations and law societies. Its global headquarters are located in London, England, and it has regional offices in Washington, D.C., United States, Seoul, South Korea and São Paulo, Brazil. History of the IBA Representatives of 34 national bar associations gathered in New York City, New York on 17 February 1947 to create the IBA. Initial membership was limited to bar associations and law societies, but in 1970, IBA membership was opened to individual lawyers. Members of the legal profession including barristers, advocates, solicitors, members of the judiciary, in-house lawyers, government lawyers, academics and law students comprise the membership of the IBA. Relationships with other international organisations The IBA has held Special Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dejure Foundation
Dejure Foundation or Dejure (from the legal ''de jure'' or ''Democracy Justice Reforms''), created in 2016, is a Ukrainian non-governmental organisation that promotes judicial reform in Ukraine. Dejure analyses judges' integrity based on their records and monitors legal developments related to the judiciary of Ukraine. Creation Dejure Foundation was co-founded in 2016 by former judge at Vinnytsia District Court, Mykhailo Zhernakov, together with a former attorney and a civil society activist. The name ''Dejure'' was chosen to have the double meaning of the legal term ''de jure'', and as an acronym for ''Democracy Justice Reforms''. Aims and methods Dejure aims at helping to reconstruct the judiciary of Ukraine in a way that reduces the level of corruption in Ukraine. One of Dejure's methods is to collect information and the background, asset declarations, known real assets, and conduct of Ukrainian judges. Dejure also monitors proposed laws related to the Ukrainian judicial syst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-Corruption Action Center
The Anti-Corruption Action Center or AntAC is a Ukrainian non-governmental organization, founded in 2012, that aims to oppose corruption in Ukraine. Creation The Anti-Corruption Action Center was founded in 2012. Vitaliy Shabunin and Daria Kaleniuk are two of the co-founders. Leadership Vitaliy Shabunin was head of AntAC's executive board . Daria Kaleniuk was executive director . Street protests AntAC activists have carried out protests wearing t-shirts with the slogan "Ukraine F*&k Corruption". In 2015, AntAC was active in a car protest in front of President Petro Poroshenko's residence that called for Poroshenko to fire Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin. AntAC director Kaleniuk stated that Poroshenko was unwilling to fire because, according to her, "Poroshenko came of age in a system where the Prosecutor General was used as a weapon against political opponents, and Poroshenko remains determined to maintain control over this critical lever of power". Legislative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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