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Tag: Sobolev
Participant in corruption scandals Vladimir Guzyr prepared conclusions on the ‘lawfulness’ and ‘justification’ of Syrym Shalabayev’s extradition request
Syrym Shalabayev, a relative of the Kazakh opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov, is accused in the criminal case concerning the ‘embezzlement of funds of BTA Bank’. Human rights organisations have underlined the political context of the case.
Yegor Sobolev calls for an investigation into the corrupt acts of Ukrainian investigators in the Mukhtar Ablyazov and Syrym Shalabayev cases
On 14 January, 2016, MP Yegor Sobolev urged the General Prosecutor’s Office to carefully examine publicised incidents of abuse by Ukrainian investigators in the cases against Kazakh opposition politician Mukhtar Ablyazov and his relative Syrym Shalabayev.
Report: Purification of government or vetting Ukrainian style. The first year’s experience
This publication provides a summary of the implementation of the process of purification of government in Ukraine and attempts to assess the successes and failures of the new Ukrainian authorities in this field.
Background note on the international advocacy activities of the Open Dialog Foundation coordinated by the Brussels office in 2013 – 2015
The Open Dialog Foundation (ODF) is a non-governmental, non-partisan organization established in Poland, in 2009. The statutory objectives of the Foundation include promotion, support and protection of human rights, democracy and rule of law in the post-Soviet area.
A regime prosecutor is still receiving his pension? A quick response from the ODF and Jehor Sobolev
The President of the Open Dialog Foundation, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, posted on her Facebook page new information about the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine from the times of Yanukovych, Victor Pshonka
Summary of Legislative Work on Lustration Act No. 4359 “On Purification of Government”
The report summarises the problems of Ukrainian lustration in the context of current political circumstances, and describes in detail the work on the act “On Purification of Government” adopted by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada on 16th September 2014.
The Lustration Council presented in Kiev
The Civic Lustration Council with the Ministry of Justice has been appointed in Ukraine. At a press conference in Kiev its members were introduced, among them was the President of the Open Dialog Foundation, Lyudmyla Kozlovska.
Summary of the round table ‘Lustration: International experiences and prospects in Ukraine’
On 11 September, 2014, a round table ‘Lustration: International experiences and prospects in Ukraine’, organised jointly by the Kiev office of the Open Dialog Foundation and USAID FAIR Justice Project, was held at the President Hotel, Kiev.
Report: Collected expertise on draft law of Ukraine “On Purification of Government”
Since late March 2014 we actively support Lustration Committee of Yehor Sobolev by organizing thematic conferences, study visits in the dedicated institutions in Europe and also a direct hands-on consulting on draft law of Ukraine “On Purification of Government”.
Roundtable “Lustration: International Experience and Perspectives in Ukraine”
On the 11th September at the Hotel President in Kyiv there will be the Roundtable Lustration: International Experience and Perspectives in Ukraine.
Foreign expertise on draft law “On Purification of Government”
Following publications are a result of an ongoing project of the Open Dialog Foundation focused on support of lustration initiatives in Ukraine.
Open Dialog Foundation actively supports lustration in Ukraine
Since late March the Open Dialog Foundation is actively supporting lustration initiatives in Ukraine.
Results of the conference: “Lustration: solutions for Ukraine”
On 1st April the Open Dialog Foundation organized an international conference “Lustration: solutions for Ukraine” that was held at the Hotel Kozatzky in Kyiv.
How to use international lustration experience in Ukraine
Today, all Ukrainian society is waiting for the adoption of the lustration bill, however many parliamentarians do everything to prevent it. One of the ideas proposed by the deputy of the Party of Regions faction, Anna Herman, is to talk about lustration through recourse to international bodies.
Debate on lustration in Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada
Lustration was one of EuroMaidan’s social postulations. Its conduct will help restore people’s trust in the authorities. The Open Dialog Foundation supports reforms in Ukraine by actively engaging in, amongst other things, work on the Act on Lustration.
Lustration in Ukraine. Draft Act on the “Cleansing amongst the Authorities”
On the 15th July 2014, together with a group of initiating deputies, Yehor Sobolev’s Lustration Committee filed with the Verhovna Rada of Ukraine an amended draft of the act on lustration review.
Ukrainian lustration path – draft law“On the purging of the government”
The Lustration Committee, headed by Yehor Sobolev, actively supported by the Open Dialog Foundation, has developed a draft law “On the purging of the government”, which might be the legal basis for the lustration process in Ukraine.
Meeting near the building of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Open Dialog Foundation organised a debate, accompanying the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which was held on 24 June, 2014, in Strasbourg.
Yehor Sobolev reveals Ukrainian lustration plans in Paris
Yehor Sobolev, accompanied by representatives of the Open Dialog Foundation – Lyudmyla Kozlovska, Anastasia Khorna and Anne Souléliac, met with French MPs, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ukrainian community in Paris, where he talked about lustration in Ukraine.
It is all about the people. An interview with Yehor Sobolev
A movement in support of lustration is gaining momentum in Ukraine. A representative of the Open Dialog Foundation interviewed Yehor Sobolev, chairman of the lustration committee.
Wyborcza.pl: Maidan demands radical vetting. Bricks piling up. “No appeals, the courts are also corrupt”,
We want to open a comprehensive new staff recruitment process for courts, prosecutor’s offices, special services and the police, as well as all the state administration structures.
Yehor Sobolev in Poland
Invited by the Open Dialog Foundation and the Institute of National Remembrance, Yehor Sobolev, Head of Ukraine’s Lustration Committee, visited Poland. During his four-day stay (4-7 June) he met with Polish MPs, government officials, journalists and Ukrainians living in Poland.
Yehor Sobolev in Poland
Invited by the Open Dialog Foundation and the Institute of National Remembrance, Yehor Sobolev, Head of Ukraine’s Lustration Committee, visited Poland. During his four-day stay (4-7 June) he met with Polish MPs, government officials, journalists and Ukrainians living in Poland.
Polskieradio.pl: Vetting due for Ukraine? ”Old staff are corrupt”
The Internet portal polskieradio.pl informs of a meeting by Yehor Sobolev, head of the Ukrainian Vetting Committee, with journalists in Warsaw. During the meeting, Sobolev outlined the vetting model, which – in his opinion – ought to be used and implemented in Ukraine.
Open Dialog Foundation was held a conference on lustration in Ukraine
On 1 April, 2014 at Kyiv an international conference ‘Lustration: solutions for Ukraine’ was held by the Open Dialog Foundation.