Statement: Joint statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the vote on constitutional amendments related to the judiciary by the Parliament of Ukraine

On 02 June 2016, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union Federica Mogherini and European Commissioner Johannes Hahn made a statement on the vote on constitutional amendments related to the judiciary by the Parliament of Ukraine.

The Parliament approved plans to fight corruption in the legal system, as part of reforms promised to its backers such as the EU and the IMF. Judges would face limits to their immunity from prosecution and be appointed independently of MPs.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The establishment of a self-regulating body of the Prosecutor rules out the chances of Ukraine’s prosecutor’s office being reformed http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-establishment-of-a-self-regulating-body-of-the-prosecutor-rules-out-the-chances-of-ukraines-prosecutors-office-being-reformed/

EurActiv, 03.06.16: Ukraine’s corrupt judges targeted in constitutional reforms http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/ukraines-corrupt-judges-targeted-in-constitutional-reforms/

ESO: Background information: Constitution Making in Ukraine: Refocusing the Debate http://www.europeansources.info/record/constitution-making-in-ukraine-refocusing-the-debate/

Deutsche Welle, 02.06.16: Ukraine adopts judicial reforms backed by West http://dw.com/p/1Iywm

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