keef-Urr-23/12/2020he Cabinet of Ministers planned to consider the bill on amendments to the law on lustration on July 1, but the document was returned for revision. The reason for the delay in the Ministry of Justice is the position of some deputies of the Rada.
In particular, we are talking about people’s deputies, who are extremely contradictory to the issue of lustration. Deputy Minister of Justice – Commissioner for the European Court of Human Rights Ivan Lishchyna commented that there are parliamentarians who do not accept the abolition of lustration at all.
“And others want it abolished completely. And such a more or less balanced document (the bill of the Ministry of Justice, – ed.), Which implements the decision of the European Court of Human Rights, but does not cancel the lustration completely, leads to such a reaction – rejection, “he explained.
It will be recalled that the ECtHR ruled on lustration in Ukraine, noting significant violations of the Convention on Human Rights. On January 16, 2019, Ukraine appealed the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights, said the head of the Ministry of Justice Denis Malyuska.
If Europe says again that officials in Ukraine have been lustrated in violation of the European Convention, they will probably have to pay compensation. Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers will stop lustration because it contradicts European standards.
During 2019, Ukraine complied with 443 judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). According to the verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights, more than 44 million hryvnias were paid to Ukraine.