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Security & Defence NATIONAL SECURITY & DEFENCE π 5-6 (163-164) CONTENT CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS: CURRENT RESULTS, 2016 RISKS AND PROSPECTS Founded and published by: (Analytical Report by the Razumkov Centre) .............................................................2 CHAPTER 1. REFORMING CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF JUDICIAL POWER ..........3 CHAPTER 2. ISSUES OF DEVELOPING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE (ON RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS) ......................................10 UKRAINIAN CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC & POLITICAL STUDIES NAMED AFTER OLEXANDER RAZUMKOV REFORM OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THE JUDICIARY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: CURRENT AND EXPECTED RESULTS Director General Anatoliy Rachok (Roundtable Participants) Editor Valeriya Klymenko Mykola MARTYNENKO, Dan RYAN, Daniel SEIBERLING, Kostyantyn KRASOVSKY, Photo-editor Andriy Khopta Viktor SHYSHKIN, Volodymyr SUSHCHENKO, Father Oleksa PETRIV, Layout and design Tetiana Ovsianyk Oleh BEREZIUK, Yuliya KYRYCHENKO, Mykola MELNYK, Mykola ONISHCHUK, Oleksandr Shaptala Mykhailo MAKARCHUK, Oleh MARTSELIAK ...........................................................22 Technical support Volodymyr Kekukh PUBLIC OPINION ON THE JUDICIAL REFORM AND CONSTITUTIONAL Yevhen Skrypka PROTECTION OF HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS .....................................................................33 This journal is registered with the AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION ON JUSTICE: EXPERT OPINIONS State Committee (Interviews) of Ukraine for Information Policy, Oleh BEREZIUK, Danylo KURDELCHUK, Mykola MELNYK, registration certificate KB №4122 Lidiya MOSKVYCH, Volodymyr SUCHCHENKO ........................................................42 Published since 2000 in Ukrainian and English EXPERT OPINION ON JUDICIAL REFORM ...........................................................................49 Circulation: 3,800 copies DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE ON HUMAN RIGHTS: Editorial address: EXPERT OPINIONS 16 Lavrska str., 2nd floor, (Interviews) Kyiv, 01015 tel.: (380 44) 201-11-98 Heorhiy DYNYS, Natalia HUTOROVA, Oleksandr ZADOROZHNIY, Natalia KRESTOVSKA, Petro RABINOVYCH, Pavlo FRIS .............................................53 fax: (380 44) 201-11-99 e-mail: [email protected] EXPERT OPINION ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN web site: www.razumkov.org.ua AND CIVIL RIGHTS .............................................................................................................59 Reprinted or used materials must refer to ARTICLES “National Security & Defence” THE RIGHT TO ARMED SELF-DEFENCE: COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND UKRAINE’S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS Cover - Ukrinform Olha BUTKEVYCH ....................................................................................................62 All photographs in this publication POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ECHR AND “POSITIVE COMPLEMENTARITY” are taken from the public sources. UNDER THE ROME STATUTE: INTEROPERABILITY Mykola HNATOVSKYI ...............................................................................................71 © 2015 Razumkov Centre JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF UKRAINE: HISTORY, CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM Mykola KOZIUBRA ...................................................................................................75 Realisation of the Project “Constitutional Process in Ukraine: Improvement of the Foundation of Justice, CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH Rights, Freedoms and Liabilities of a Person and Tymur KOROTKYI, Nataliia HENDEL ..........................................................................80 a Citizen” became possible with the support of the American people rendered via the USAID within the THE NEED FOR ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY AS GROUNDS FOR framework of the Fair Justice REASONABLE RESTRICTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPEAN CASE-LAW Project. (ACCORDING TO THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASE-LAW) Viewpoints stated in the publi- Pavlo PUSHKAR ......................................................................................................91 cation are those of the authors CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UKRAINE: BETWEEN POST-SOVIET PAST and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the AND EUROPEAN FUTURE United States government. Petro STETSIUK .......................................................................................................96 REDUCING SOCIAL BENEFITS AND PENSIONS: UKRAINIAN CONSTITUTION AND EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES The Journal edition Фонд Ганса Alla FEDOROVA ......................................................................................................100 is supported by Зайделя the Ukrainian Office of ON THE LAWFULNESS OF STATE INTERFERENCE WITH THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY Hanns Seidel Foundation Представництво в IN THE INTERNET SOCIETY Україні Dariia YARTSEVA ...................................................................................................106 CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS: CURRENT RESULTS, RISKS AND PROSPECTS he current stage of the constitutional process was initiated by the President of Ukraine T Petro Poroshenko in March 2015 with the establishment of the Constitutional Commission.1 Already on 1 July 2015, the Parliament registered the Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine – on decentralisation” (Reg. No. 2217a), developed by the Constitu- tional Commission and submitted by the President of Ukraine. On 31 August 2015, the day this bill was approved, grenades exploded in front of the Parliament on the Constitution Square. The presence in this bill on decentralisation of the controversial Paragraph 18 “Transitional Provisions” did not allow entering the process of final adoption of amendments to the Constitution (on decentralisation) in compliance with requirements of Article 155. On 25 November 2015, the subsequent Bill “On Amendments to the Constitution – on justice” (Reg. No. 3524) was registered in Parliament. In February 2016, the bill was approved, and on 2 June 2016, finally adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. For the first time since the “political reforms” of December 2004, significant amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine were legally introduced. The adoption of a decision by Parliament to amend the Constitution of Ukraine in the part of justice, did not complete the reform of the judiciary. The fact that a number of amendments to the Constitution raised deep concerns among representatives of the expert community, and even more the judicial community, cannot be ignored. However, a number of updated provisions of the Constitution, implemented in effective mechanisms of special laws, are capable of positively influen- cing the judiciary. In this regard, firstly, the adoption by Parliament of the Law of Ukraine “On Judicial System and Status of Judges” in an unconstitutional way, with a gross violation of the Verkhovna Rada requirements cannot but cause concern. Second, the main content of the implemented law, introduced to the Parliament without obtaining opinions of the Scientific Experts Office or the Venice Commission, or discussing it in the expert community, can cause a real chaos in the process of implementing constitutional changes. The question remains uncertain about the prospects of the Draft Law of Ukraine “On Amend- ments to the Constitution of Ukraine – on human rights and freedoms” prepared by the Working Group of the Constitutional Commission. The analytical report has summarized theore- tical grounds of regulations contained in the draft law. Since the work on the draft amendments to the Constitution was completed by the Working Group, the Constitutional Commission must make a final conclusion as to its readiness for submission to the President, who will decide on the introduction of a relevant bill to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Both aspects of constitutional amendments were analysed in the study by the Razumkov Centre, which is reflected in the content of the Analytical Report. The Analytical Report consists of two parts: First examines current state of constitutional reform principles of the judiciary, current results of the Chapter constitutional process, and the immediate prospects. Second analyses the issues that emerge during the process of amending the Constitution of Ukraine Chapter concerning rights, freedoms and duties of a person and citizen. In the preparation of the first Chapter of the report, in addition to the Razumkov Centre experts, the following experts also participated: Professor, Doctor of Law M. KOZYUBRA (Chair of the Department of General Legal and Public Sciences, Department of Law of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy) and PhD of Legal Sciences P. STETSYUK (Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine). In preparation of the second Chapter of the report, in addition to the Razumkov Centre experts, the following experts also participated: Professor, Doctor of Law V. BUTKEVYCH (Deputy Chair of the Constitutional Commission). 1 Decree of the President of Ukraine “On the Constitutional Commission” No. 119 of 3 March 2015. 2 • RAZUMKOV CENTRE • NATIONAL SECURITY & DEFENCE • No.5-6, 2016 • ІДЕНТИЧНІСТЬ ГРОМАДЯН УКРАЇНИ: 1. REFORMING CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF JUDICIAL POWER he issue of judicial reform has been on the agenda in Ukraine since its independence. TDuring this time, many attempts have been made to change the justice system inherited from the Soviet era, starting with the so-called “Lesser judicial reform” in early 2000, and ending with the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Right
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