In Ukraine, the law demanded by the EU, USA and IMF was adopted in the first reading
The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading the presidential bill on the High Anti-Corruption Court, the adoption of which is insisted on by the EU, the USA and the IMF, linking with it both the implementation of a visa-free regime and the further provision of macro-financial assistance to the country, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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People's deputies cast 282 votes for the corresponding decision, reports the Verkhovna Rada website.
The bill proposes to define the High Anti-Corruption Court as a permanently operating highest specialized court in the judicial system of Ukraine, whose task is to administer justice in accordance with the principles and procedures of legal proceedings defined by law in order to protect the individual, society and the state from corruption and related crimes and judicial control over pre-trial investigation of these crimes.
It is intended to extend the jurisdiction of the High Anti-Corruption Court to the entire territory of Ukraine and provide that the High Anti-Corruption Court will consider cases within its jurisdiction as a court of first and appellate instances.
Review of these cases by the cassation court, as well as in newly discovered and exceptional circumstances, will be carried out in accordance with the general procedure.
The document proposes to establish that the High Anti-Corruption Court includes judges in the number determined in accordance with the law “On the Judicial System and Status of Judges” within the limits of expenses provided for in the State Budget of Ukraine for the maintenance of this court, and with a separate determination, within the number of judges of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court, the number of judges of the Appeals Chamber of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court.
The draft proposes to define additional special requirements for judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court related to the subject competence of the Court and its specialization in considering criminal proceedings on corruption crimes.
The final and transitional provisions provide for amendments, in particular, to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses (regarding the establishment of liability, in particular, for members of the Public Council of International Experts for the illegal use of information that became known to a person in connection with the exercise of powers), to the Criminal Procedure Code (including the consideration of criminal proceedings in relation to crimes referred by the Code to the jurisdiction of the High Anti-Corruption Court, pending consideration by other courts) and the law “On the High Council of Justice” (regarding ensuring transparency of meetings of the High Council of Justice, which considers the appointment of judges of the High anti-corruption court) necessary to implement the provisions of the bill after its adoption.
It is proposed to consolidate the algorithm of actions in connection with the adoption of the law “On the High Anti-Corruption Court”. In particular, it is expected that within 12 months from the date of entry into force of the law, the formation of the High Anti-Corruption Court, holding a competition for the positions of judges of the Chamber of Appeal of the High Anti-Corruption Court and for the positions of other judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court, as well as resolving a number of organizational issues related to the formation of the High Anti-Corruption Court court.
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