Report and Roadmap on International Reform Capacity-Building for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Publisher: UNDP Volume: 80 pages, pdf Description:
The current ambitious reforms in the Verkhovna Rada are taking place against a backdrop of 25 years of transition from authoritarian rule, with a highly centralised and largely unaccountable power structure, towards a system based on the rule of law and parliamentary democracy. In addition, the illegal annexation of Crimea and the ongoing conflict in the east make the process of reform in Ukraine and in the VRU even more challenging. This said, the Ukrainian people and political leadership, with the support of the international community, deem this reform process to be imperative for the consolidation of democratic transition in the country in line with its European aspirations and the EUUkraine Association Agreement.