The mentioned decision of the European Court of Human Rights determines a number of violations in Ukraine. Specifically, the decision stipulates that Ukraine is obliged to provide reinstatement of the applicant as a judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine in the earliest term. Therefore, the implementation of this judgment is directly assigned to the Parliament.
Mykola Katerynchuk believes that “the violation of Oleksander Volkov’s rights, determined by the European Court of Human Rights, the contents of the corresponding obligation imposed on the State, the state of current legislation of Ukraine, the need for strengthening Ukraine’s status as a legal state, all these require urgent consideration of the issue at the plenary session of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of June 17, 2010 no.2352-VI “On dismissal of the Judges” shall be recognized repealed in part in the case of the dismissal of the Judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine, Oleksander Volkov”.
“The European Court of Human Rights found a violation of Article 6 in several aspects, and Article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950, which are caused by significant problems in the general legal framework of the state, as well as irresponsible practice in adoption of the resolutions by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, such as absence of most People’s Deputies of Ukraine in the session hall, which also constitutes a violation of the Constitution of Ukraine, Laws of Ukraine “On the Status of People’s Deputies of Ukraine”, “On the Regulations of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine”. As a result, Ukraine’s international image has suffered a serious damage”, – said in the explanatory note.
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European Party of Ukraine