The Committee on the Rule of Law and Justice recommends that the Parliament should reject the draft law to amend the Law “On Access to Court Decisions” (re improving conditions of access to the decisions of the court of general jurisdiction for citizens)

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
29 March 2013, 16:18

The bill (Reg. No. 2081) aims at preventing the threat of concealing illegal or high-profile court decisions from publicity and ensuring civil control over the activity of judges. It is suggested amend part three of article 3 of the Law “On Access to Court Decisions”.

However, people’s deputies noted that previous version of part three of article 3 of the Law “On Access to Court Decisions” is analogous to the one suggested in the bill, and it failed to prove well in reality.

Attention was drawn to the fact that the bill does not specify other types of limited information of a court decision, apart from the state secret, that are provided by article 21 of the Law “On Information” (confidential, proprietary or other types of secret information) which are neither subject to promulgation.

Following the results of discussion, Committee members deem it unreasonable to amend the Single state register of court decisions and all judicial acts.