Pavlo Petrenko

Pavlo Petrenko
Павло Петренко

Petrenko in April, 2014
14th Minister of Justice of Ukraine
Assumed office
27 February 2014
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Volodymyr Groysman[1]
Preceded by Olena Lukash
Personal details
Born (1979-07-17) 17 July 1979
Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR
Political party People's Front
Other political
affiliations		 Front for Change
Batkivshchyna
Alma mater Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade under Ministry of Economics of Ukraine

Pavlo Dmytrovych Petrenko (Ukrainian: Павло Дмитрович Петренко) Petrenko (b. July 17, 1979, Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is Ukrainian politician and lawyer. Minister of Justice of Ukraine since February 27, 2014. Member of the Political Council of political party "People’s Front" political party.

MP of Ukraine 7th convocation. 14th Minister of Justice of Ukraine[2] from 27 February 2014.

Education, career, awards

In 2001 Pavlo Petrenko graduated (with honours) from Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (law department), gaining LLM degree.

In 2001 he moved to Kyiv where he was running law practice till 2010. Since 2001 till 2005 Pavlo Petrenko was working as chief legal adviser of OJSC "State Savings Bank of Ukraine", where he continued to work until 2005 in senior positions in the Legal Department.

In 2004 Pavlo Petrenko graduated from Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine (international management department).

In 2004 he gained a Doctor of Law degree.

On October 7, 2015 Pavlo Petrenko was awarded an honorary title "Honored Lawyer of Ukraine".[3]

Political career

Since 2009 Pavlo Petrenko was a member of the NGO, and later a political party, "Front for Change"; he was a head of Legal Department.

In November 2010 Pavlo Petrenko was elected a member of the Kyiv Regional Council, a member of the standing committee on law, order and fight against corruption.

In the parliamentary elections in December 2012 he was serving as head of the legal department of the united opposition "Batkivshchyna". From December 12, 2012 he was MP of Ukraine of the 7th convocation from "Batkivshchyna" (№ 52 in the list). He was also a secretary of the Parliamentary Committee on Justice and the Rule of Law.

On June 15, 2013, after the merger of "Front of Change" and "Batkivshchyna", Pavlo Petrenko was elected one of the deputy leaders of the "Batkivshchyna".[4] During his time in Parliament Pavlo Petrenko was the author and co-author of more than 60 draft laws, one third of which were adopted by the Parliament.

In March 2014 Pavlo Petrenko was appointed as a Minister of Justice.

Since September 10, 2014  Pavlo Petrenko has been a member of the Political Council of the political party "People’s Front".

Euromaidan period

Pavlo Petrenko was one of the active participants of Euromaidan in 2013-2014. Since November 26, 2013 he was participating in the release of the first Euromaidan activists that were detained and taken to the police station.

On December 2, 2013 he addressed to the defense of the Shevchenko District Court in Kyiv in hearing cases against 60 students that were beaten by "Berkut" on Maidan in the night of November 30. After the first meeting the judges were afraid to cover explicit crime of "Berkut", so they returned the materials to police as illegally issued.

On December 2, 2013 Pavlo Petrenko was one of the founders and the head of the Legal Center for national resistance.

On December 3, 2013 Pavlo Petrenko sent to the High Qualification Commission of Judges and the High Council of Justice a MP request with the requirement to conduct an objective investigation and to bring Bogdan Sanin, the judge of Kyiv District Administrative Court, who tried to legalize criminal actions of "Berkut", to disciplinary responsibility and deprive him of the judge’s status. This appeal was the first step in reforming and purge of the judiciary of Ukraine.

On December 3, 2013 Pavlo Petrenko filed to Shevchenko District Court in Kyiv request for taking on bail four peaceful protesters who were severely beaten after their arrest.

On December 5, 2013 the legal position of Pavel Petrenko gained the first success, as the courts had to send to the hospital several brutally beaten activists, who at that time were held in detention centers. Due to the pressure of journalists and lawyers, the prosecutor’s office was forced to give instructions for carrying out forensic examination of beaten detained activists.

On 11–13 December 2013 hearings on the cases of Maidan activists, the so-called prisoners of Bankova, were held. 8 of 9 defendants of Pavlo Petrenko were released.

On December 19, 2013 Ukrainian Parliament voted for exemption of mass protests participants from criminal prosecution. The draft law of the opposition, submitted by Petrenkom, Karpuntsov, Mahnitskyi, Miroshnichenko and Shufrych, received 339 MP’s votes. On December 23, 2013 the law was signed by p the president.

On January 9, 2014 Pavlo Petrenko reported the Ukrainian opposition appeals to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) with regard to the illegal detention of Euromaidan activists.

In January - February 2014 due to active actions of Petrenko’s legal team, dozens of Euromaidan activists, many of whom had been severely beaten by police, were released from custody their preventive measures being changed.

Minister of Justice

On February 27, 2014 Pavlo Petrenko joined the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine under PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine. On February 28, he was appointed by the acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov as a permanent member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC).

"When I was appointed a Minister of Justice, I had only two options: drifting or breaking the system to the very roots. I chose the second one. Certainly, there were many people who opposed this because corruption in the system of justice had been flourishing for many years. So I had no choice but to make a forceful decision of restarting the entire system.[5] ("100 Days of the Ministry of Justice," Pavel Petrenko’s blog at «LB.UA»)

As a head of the ministry, Pavlo Petrenko announced the development of 4 blocks of intensive care reforms:

On March 4, 2014Pavlo Petrenko initiated a public discussion of the draft law "On the restoration of trust to judicial system of Ukraine." The bill, which was developed together with the public and the legal community, defined the legal and organizational basis for the certification and lustration of judges from general jurisdiction courts. On April 8, 2014 Parliament adopted the document, mitigating some of the regulations on lustration of judges.

On March 5, 2014 Pavlo Petrenko adopted the decision to abandon the use of hologram marks on special forms, that are used in the system of justice. Due to this step, in the first days of work the ministry managed to save more than 163 million state money that could have been sent into the pockets of private entities.

On March 11 a special working group for anti-corruption inspection of the State Executive Service and the State Registration Service was created at the initiative of Pavlo Petrenko. All prepared materials on the facts of corruption are transferred to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. During the first months of work only in the State Executive Service 33 criminal proceedings against officials were initiated.

"Just in the first weeks of our work, I invited the heads of regional justice authorities to Kyiv and offered them to volunteer for taking a test at 4th-year Law Department (University) level. The results of this "test" were disappointing. Due to them and the interview that followed, 40 people decided to resign"(Pavel Petrenko’s blog at «Українській правді»)

On May 14 Pavlo Petrenko initiated an open public competition for the position of the High Qualification Commission of Judges member from the Ministry of Justice. It was for the first time that appointment to the post at the Ministry of Justice quota was done publicly, not as the sole decision of the Minister of Justice.

On April 14, 2016 Ukrainian Parliament appointed new Cabinet of Ministers (under PM Volodymyr Groisman). Pavlo Petrenko was reappointed as Minister of Justice of Ukraine.[7]

International relations

On March 14 the European Court of Human Rights took a statement to the proceedings in the case of Ukraine against Russia and applied temporary measures according to p. 39 of ECHR regulations and ordered Russia to refrain from any military and power actions against the citizens of Ukraine on their territory, to prevent violations of the Convention. For the first time in the history of the ECHR the decision on the proceedings and giving of judgment on the case took place on the same day.

On March 21–22, the Venice Commission unanimously recognized the referendum in Crimea as illegitimate, since it violates not only the Constitution of Ukraine but also basic international principles regarding territorial integrity and sovereignty of the subjects of international law. The legal position of Ukraine was represented by Pavel Petrenko.

On April 9 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recognized Russian annexation of Crimea as illegal and called on Russia to withdraw its troops from the peninsular.

On June 13 European Court of Human Rights obliged Russia to immediately return the orphans and their educators, that were captured by terrorists of Donetsk People's Republic on June 12, 2014 in the town of Snizhne, Donetsk region, and illegally shipped to the Russian Federation. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine adopted the decision to file a lawsuit on the same day. Besides, ECHR obliged the Russian Federation to provide an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the illegal crossing of the Russian border by seized Ukrainian orphans and their educators by June 17. This case was given a priority status in ECHR.

Currently there are 5 cases against Russia pending in ECHR:

  1. Violation of human rights in Crimea (February–September 2014).
  2. Violation of human rights in Donbas (February–September 2014).
  3. Violation of human rights in Crimea (autumn 2014 - summer 2015).
  4. Violation of human rights in Donbas (autumn 2014 - summer 2015).
  5. Kidnapping orphans and disabled children.

On January 16, 2017, Ukraine filed a lawsuit to the International Court of Justice against the Russian Federation about the facts of numerous violations of its obligations under:

  1. International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 1999.
  2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1965.

Crimea

On April 28, 2014 the Law of Ukraine "About providing the rights and freedoms of citizens and the legal regime in temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine",[8] prepared by the Ministry of Justice, came into force. Its main thesis are as follows:

In early 2016 the Ministry of Justice initiated the development and adoption of the bill, which made it possible for residents of temporarily occupied territories to obtain legal Ukrainian documents on child’s birth or death certificates through court at any registration office in the areas, controlled by Ukrainian government during a short period of time (a few days).

Ban of antiukrainian parties

On April 30 Kyiv District Administrative Court granted the petition of the Ministry of Justice and issued a decision to prohibit political party "Russian Unity" in Ukraine.

On May 13 Kyiv District Administrative Court granted the petition of the Ministry of Justice and eliminated political party "Ruski bloc".

On July 8 the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine appealed to the District Administrative Court asking to ban the Communist Party of Ukraine.

Based on the large amount of evidence about the illegal activities of the Communist Party I have approved a decision to liquidate the Communist Party; I have signed and sent it to the District Administrative Court.  The claim is caused by violation of the Communist Party of the current legislation in terms of unconstitutional activities, supporting militants and separatists in eastern Ukraine, supporting military aggression and the seizure of Crimea by Russia, appeals to violation of territorial integrity and the constitutional authorities of Ukraine. It is also about funding and support, including weapons, for terrorist organizations in eastern Ukraine, support of pseudo-referendums on the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk "people's republics", active participation in hostilities against the Ukrainian armed forces. The process will be most open and transparent so that society could see crimes of the Communist Party "(from comments of Pavlo Petrenko for radio «Свобода»)

Notary

On May 14, 2014 Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko stopped the process of examinations for private notaries and announced the launch of an independent anonymous electronic examination system for the notary certificate.

According to him, the goal of this innovation is to destroy corruption in course of taking these examinations. "According to data from NGOs, in order to obtain a notary certificate one is forced to give a bribe, which is actually a huge amount of money - from 20 to 100 thousand USD. It's time to put a full stop in this corrupt scheme, "- said the Minister.

State Executive Service

In April 2014 the Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko initiated the establishment of an electronic system of arrested property sales.

On May 1 State Executive Service of Ukraine started a pilot project on confiscated property sales through electronic online trading. The project has been launched in four regions: Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk region, Vinnytsia region and Lviv region.

In a month a decision on geographical expansion of the project in 10 more regions (Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv and Chernihiv) was adopted. In another month the project was launched over the whole territory of Ukraine, except temporarily occupied eastern regions and Crimea.

The first auction took place on July 1. Here is a link to the portal of electronic trading.

According to the report for 2016 the amount of assets sold through ESAPS (Electronic system of arrested property sales) was 2.6 billion USD. Number of lots sold with increased price - 57%. Increase in prices of lots (sold at a price higher than the original) - 24%.

Budget revenues from the activities of ESAPS in 2016 - 299.5 million USD.

On June 2, 2016 Verkhovna Rada adopted the Laws "About the bodies and persons performing forced execution of judgments and decisions of other bodies"[9] and "About the enforcement proceedings".

These documents have launched a comprehensive reform of the enforcement of adjudication and decisions of other bodies, which was developed by the Council for Judicial Reform under the President of Ukraine and the Ministry of Justice. Documents aimed at increasing the efficiency of bodies and persons carrying out the enforcement.

The main innovation of these laws and the basis of the reform concept is introduction of private enforcement.

December 26, 2016 on the website of Ministry of Justice there was an announcement about the call for trainings for private executors.

On February 27, 2017 training for the first group of students began.

State Registration Service

In March 2014, Minister Pavlo Petrenko initiated creation of single centers of administrative services in Ukraine. The support was delivered by the experts from Georgia headed by Giorgi Vashadze, former Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia, member of the Georgian Parliament, one of the authors of the project of Houses of Justice in Georgia.

In May Ukraine already had more than 50 centers where one can get 52 services that used to be taken care of by various public services.

On May 28 the principle of extraterritoriality in providing administrative services was introduced for the first time. According to the Order № 845/5 «On measures regarding state establishment of rights on agricultural land", registration activities on agricultural land can be performed not only at the location of land, but also in other public registers within the relevant area.

"Society reacts very well to the need of introducing positive changes. If we cannot change the entire system at once, we can take certain steps: reduce the number of documents, create a service that does not require standing in line. We need a quality service, which provides comfortable conditions for a consumer. Times have changed. From now on the state has to serve the citizens, not vice versa"(from interview of Pavlo Petrenko  for «Главком»)

On November 26, 2015 the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law "On Amendments to the Law of Ukraine on state registration of legal entities and entrepreneurs as well as other legislative acts of Ukraine in terms of decentralization of powers of state registration of legal entities, entrepreneurs and community groups" and the Law of Ukraine "About the state registration of the corporeal rights to real estate and their burdenings".[10]

These documents made it possible to begin the process of decentralization and demonopolization of administrative services of the Ministry of Justice in the area of business registration and real estate. The Ministry of Justice refused to provide the abovementioned services and transferred them to local authorities, accredited entities and notaries. This process was finally completed on April 30, 2016.

Adopted amendments also introduced a tool for administrative appeals of decisions of state registration officers. From January 1, 2016 Commission on complaints against state registration officers under Ministry of Justice started its work. During the year, the commission examined more than 1,000 complaints about attempts of raider seizure, half of which were satisfied.

On the basis of received complaints, the draft law "On amendments to some legislative acts of Ukraine concerning improvement of state registration of rights to immovable property and protection of property rights» was elaborated (№5067) and supported by Parliament on September 5, 2016.

The document made it possible to eliminate the legal cracks used by raiders during the years of independence, and introduced penalties for everyone involved in seizure (10 years imprisonment with special confiscation of property).

On January 18, 2017 The Government supported the draft law elaborated by Ministry of Justice in cooperation with MPs and members of the public; it will ensure the transfer of all administrative services of the Ministry of Justice to the registry offices in local communities.

State Penitentiary Service

On April 8 Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine "About the Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine concerning adaptation of the legal status of the convict to European standards".

Revolutionary changes[11] on prisoners’ obtaining access to mobile communications and the Internet have been implemented. Also document granted prisoners with access to doctors, prohibition to place prisoners who are on their first term with those who have two or more convictions. Apart from that, it was forbidden to keep those, who suffer from tuberculosis, with the rest of prisoners.

On April 19 an amnesty law in 2014 was enacted. The law provides amnesty to prisoners who committed minor crimes not connected with violence. These are basically economic crimes. Persons convicted according to such articles are to be released within 2 months after the law comes into effect.

With the amnesty law almost 26 thousand people were released.

On April 23 with the proposal of Pavlo Petrenko government unanimously decided to establish the Ministry of Justice special commission, which is to conduct monitoring of conditions for inmates as well as respect of human rights in prisons and penal institutions. This Commission has been granted the broadest powers of access to detainees and prisoners in any prison and detention centers in Ukraine.

It is for the first time in the history of Ministry of Justice that human rights activists became members of the commission.

On February 5, 2015 Parliament of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine "About the probation"[12] which came into effect on August 28, 2015.

On May 18, 2016 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine decided to liquidate the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine and transfer its powers to the Ministry of Justice; this was the start of Penitentiary reform.

The essence of the reform:

In February 2017 the start of project proposals for the construction of new detention centers in Kiev and Lviv for investors' funds in the framework of public-private partnership was announced on the web-site of the Ministry of Justice.

Opening of registers

Pavlo Petrenko supports the opening of public access to the registers of real estate of Ukrainian citizens.

On June 15, 2015 minister of justice appealed to Members of Parliament to adopt a law that provides public registers publicity, including - register of rights to immovable property. According to Petrenko, this draft law is to identify potential corruption and eliminate fraud within real estate.

On July 14, 2015 Parliament approved the draft law "On amendments to some laws of Ukraine regarding enhancing transparency in property relations in order to prevent corruption," which provided the opening of registers that contain information on the assets of Ukrainian citizens.

Apart from that, Ministry of Justice has provided open access to information, other than the opening of which is prohibited by applicable law, in all registers operated by Ministry of Justice. One can get information on these registers through electronic services portal of Ministry of Justice.

Advocacy

Ministry of Justice of Ukraine headed of Pavlo Petrenko has developed amendments to the Law of Ukraine "About legal profession and lawyer activities"[13] under which it is planned to establish a monopoly on the ultimate legal aid and legal services. According to Petrenko there are no provisions that contain elements of discrimination in the draft law. Public anti-discrimination examination has not been performed; public anti-corruption expertise has not been held. Public discussion of the project was carried out exclusively with lawyers. Source - explanatory note.

The explanatory note to the draft law on amendments to the Law of Ukraine "About legal profession and lawyer activities"

Draft Law on Amendments to the Law of Ukraine "About legal profession and lawyer activities" was published by Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on June 3, 2014.

On July 1, 2015 100 centers providing free legal aid in criminal, administrative and civil cases were opened across Ukraine. It was for the first time that the right to receive support of public lawyer for free was given not only to citizens accused of criminal offenses, but to all other vulnerable layers of society: poor people, orphans and children deprived of parental care, refugees, war veterans, members of the family of dead combatants, rehabilitated persons and persons in respect of who the court is considering the restriction of civil capacity or compulsory psychiatric care.

On September 1, 2016 the system of legal aid has been extended through the opening of 421 legal aid offices in all regional centers and cities of regional importance.[14]

On December 21, 2016 the Law "About the Supreme council of justice",[15] which provided the right for displaced persons to receive free legal aid and expanded opportunities for combatants, especially soldiers of ATO, to receive free legal aid, was adopted.

Currently in Ukraine there are 549 centers and legal aid offices, which served 350 thousand people only in 2016. In 34 thousand cases lawyers were appointed for representation in court. In other cases, citizens needed only advice and assistance in preparation of various documents.

Attitude to Judicial body

Minister of Justice of Ukraine Pavlo Petrenko believes that the largest component of corruption embraces the judiciary. In his view, "any person who enters the court understands that it is almost impossible to get a fair decision in his case." The minister thinks that judges deal with cases of corruption partially because they "understand that if they make a precedent it may affect them as well». Pavlo Petrenko also believes that judicial reform cannot be implemented successfully because in parliament there is a powerful "judicial lobby".[16]

Pavlo Petrenko is for the full reset of judiciary in Ukraine, that is termination of all judges and recruitment of new ones.[17] Head of High Council of Justice Igor Benedysiuk calls such ideas "populist".

Commenting on the conclusion of the Venice Commission on the Law on lustration, the minister remarked that the VC is apparently not against the complete renewal of the judicial system of Ukraine: "We have a confirmed right to dismiss officials are not "individually" but by a "common criterion" - only on the basis of working in senior positions in the civil service in times of Yanukovych. " However, later an interview with VC head Gianni Buquicchio was published, in which he explained the conclusion emphasizing the obligation of the principle of individual responsibility of judges. This proved incorrect interpretation of the VC conclusion by Petrenko.

Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko usually reacts sharply to those decisions in some court cases that do not suit him. Those judges who approve such decisions are threatened by the minister to be brought to disciplinary action. This happened in particular in the case with a ban of Communist Party in Ukraine,[18] in the case of reinstatement of  Kharkiv prosecutor after lustration,[19] in the case of restoration of social benefits in the occupied territories of Donbass.[20]

Attorney General's Office questioned Pavlo Petrenko as a witness in criminal proceedings on the fact of illegal interference in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.[21]

After the minister voiced a proposal of not electing for an unlimited term more than 800 judges, who had positive recommendations from High Qualification Commission of Judges, Association of Development of Judiciary Self-government of Ukraine urged judicial authorities to terminate Pavlo Petrenko "because of the low level of professional knowledge, unethical behavior, political bias, attacks on the independence of the judiciary".

On June 2, 2016 Parliament adopted in the 2nd reading amendments to the Constitution and implementing laws that have launched judicial reform in Ukraine, taking into account the fundamental positions expressed by Pavlo Petrenko in terms of creation of a three-level judicial system and the selection of judges to new courts only through transparent competitions.

Critics

There is a registered a draft resolution on termination of Pavlo Petrenko as the Minister of Justice. The author of the resolution in the explanatory memorandum indicates significant shortcomings of the law "On cleaning the power", which is actively promoted by the minister; his "incompetence or negligence" in the situation with the conclusion of Venice Commission.[22]

Public Council under the Ministry of Justice expressed distrust to Pavlo Petrenko because of his reluctance to communicate with Civil Society and unsatisfactory performance of duties.

Civic activists, lawyers, analysts, and some officials accuse Pavlo Petrenko of covering corruption and concentration of corruption flows,  simulation of reforms, wide nepotism, incompetence, populism, lack of positive legislative developments.

One of the "Georgian reformers" Ebanoidze Jambul, was forced to resign from the Ministry of Justice because of the opposition to sabotaging of real reforms by the leadership of the institution.

Pavlo Petrenko had to explain his appearance in a restaurant with multimillionaire Oleg Bakhmatyuk, who at that time was facing some seizure problems.

Association of Development of Judiciary Self-government of Ukraine released a statement condemning "the low level of professional knowledge, unethical behavior, political bias, and attacks on the independence of the court" by the minister.

Family

Pavlo Petrenko is not married. He has a mother and a sister.

Hobbies

According to his sister Oksana, Pavlo Petrenko was keen on chess, karate and boxing. 

References

  1. ↑ New Cabinet formed in Ukraine, UNIAN (14 April 2016)
  2. ↑ Nee, Patrick W. Key Facts on Ukraine: Ukraine, facts, Kiev, government, business, economy, travel. The Internationalist. p. 14. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Про відзначення державними нагородами України працівників підприємств, установ та організацій
  4. ↑ Batkivschyna, Front for Change, Reform and Order Party, part of NRU unite for victory – Tymoshenko’s address to congress, Interfax-Ukraine (15 June 2013)
    Tymoshenko re-elected Batkivshchyna leader, Yatseniuk council chair Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine., Ukrinform (15 June 2013)
  5. ↑ Report on the 100-days of the Ministry of Justice (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice)
  6. ↑ Єдиний державний портал адміністративних послуг
  7. ↑ New Government of Ukraine - Names, Faces & Titles,U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)(2016-04-14)
  8. ↑ Law of Ukraine "About providing the rights and freedoms of citizens and the legal regime in temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine", of April 15, 2014 No. 1207-VII, (Last edition of 07-02-2017)
  9. ↑ Law of Ukraine "About the bodies and persons performing forced execution of judgments and decisions of other bodies", of June 2, 2016 No. 1403-VIII, (In edition of the Law of Ukraine from 12/21/2016 No. 1798-VIII)
  10. ↑ Law of Ukraine "About the state registration of the corporeal rights to real estate and their burdenings", of July 1, 2004 No. 1952-IV, (Last edition of 20-12-2016)
  11. ↑ Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to the Criminal-Procedural Code of Ukraine concerning the legal status of convicts for adapting them to the European standards": first steps towards the implementation
  12. ↑ Law of Ukraine "About the probation", of February 5, 2015 No. 160-VIII, (In edition of the Law of Ukraine from 12/21/2016 No. 1798-VIII)
  13. ↑ Law of Ukraine "About legal profession and lawyer activities", of July 5, 2012 No. 5076-VI, (Last edition of 21-12-2016)
  14. ↑ Pavlo Petrenko: "The Government has supported the establishment of legal aid bureau offices of the Ministry of Justice throughout Ukraine"
  15. ↑ Law of Ukraine "About the Supreme council of justice", of December 21, 2016 No. 1798-VIII
  16. ↑ Judging Justly: Ukraine’s Journey toward Judicial Reform / www.chemonics.com
  17. ↑ Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko supports the full reset judiciary in Ukraine. / Ukrinform, 09.10.2015
  18. ↑ Communist Party of Ukraine
  19. ↑ Lustration in Ukraine
  20. ↑ Temporarily occupied and uncontrolled territories of Ukraine (2014-present)
  21. ↑ Constitutional Court of Ukraine
  22. ↑ Venice Commission
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