The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted as a basis the draft law on counteraction and prevention of terrorism, and overcoming consequences of secessionist activity on the territory of Ukraine (deseparatization)

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
22 July 2014, 12:04

The bill (Reg. No. 4300) stipulates:

determining the notion of separatism and legal responsibility for separatism as a constitutional responsibility of primarily political nature along with criminal and administrative responsibilities;

introducing the notion of deseparatization into the Ukraine’s legal terrain;

determining the emergency nature of legal measures for deseparatization;

determining lustration, liquidation, confiscation, educational and informational measures for deseparatization;  

determining liquidation and confiscation criteria of deseparatization;

determining bodies that carry out deseparatization; stipulate establishment of a central body of executive power on matters of deseparatization and determine its powers;

entrusting the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to adopt a temporary provision on the procedure of deseparatizational lustration and organization of activity of the respective lustration bodies. The provision shall be in force until the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopts a special Law that determines organizational basis for carrying out lustration, as well as powers and operating procedures of lustration bodies in Ukraine, etc.