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The Implementation of the Human Rights Universality Principle in Ukraine

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The Chapter analyzes the relationship between the notions of human rights universality and cultural relativism. It comprises legal evaluation of implementation of international human rights standards in the legal system of Ukraine.

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    Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine No. 8-rp/2010 of March 11, 2010 in the case upon the constitutional petition of 46 People’s Deputies of Ukraine concerning the official interpretation of the notions “the highest judicial body”, “superior judicial body” and “cassation challenging” contained in Articles 125 and 129 of the Constitution of Ukraine; Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine No. 23-rp/2009 of September 30, 2009 in the case upon the constitutional petition of citizen Holovan’ Ihor Volodymyrovych concerning official interpretation of provisions of Article 59 of the Constitution of Ukraine (case on the right to legal assistance); Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine no.3-rp/2009 of February 3, 2009 in the case upon the constitutional petition of the Authorised Human Rights Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on conformity with the Constitution of Ukraine (constitutionality) of the specific provision of Article 211.2 of the Family Code (case on age difference between an adoptive parent and a child). Official website of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine: http://www.ccu.gov.ua/en/doccatalog/list?currDir=12169

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    European Court of Human Rights (2009), The Pilot-Judgment Procedure. Information note issued by the Registrar. http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/DF4E8456-77B3-4E67-8944-B908143A7E2C/0/Information_Note_on_the_PJP_for_Website.pdf#xml= http://www.search.coe.int/texis/search/pdfhi.txt?query=pilot%26pr=Internet_D%26prox=page%26rorder=500%26rprox=750%26rdfreq=500%26rwfreq=500%26rlead=500%26rdepth=250%26sufs=1%26order=r%26mode=%26opts=%26cq=%26sr=%26id=4a51065d82

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    European Court of Human Rights (2010) Information Note no. 123 on the Court’s Case Law, October 2009, Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 27.

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    Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Opinion No. 190 (1995) on the application by Ukraine for membership of the Council of Europe, paragraph 12 iii: “…pending further research on the compatibility of the two legal instruments, not to sign the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Convention on Human Rights and other relevant CIS documents, given the fact that individual applications submitted under this convention might render impossible the effective use of the right to individual application under Article 25 of the European Convention on Human Rights…” http://assembly.coe.int/Mainf.asp?link=/Documents/AdoptedText/ta95/EOPI190.htm

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    Human Rights in Ukraine. Information Portal of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group: http://www.khpg.org/index.php?id=1275002918

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    Ayton-Shenker (1995), “The Challenge of Human Rights and Cultural Diversity”, published by the United Nations Department of Public Information DPI/1627/HR – March 1995. http://www.un.org/rights/dpi1627e.htm.

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  1. Institute of International Relations, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Kyiv, Ukraine

    Alla Fedorova Ph.D. & Olena Sviatun Ph.D.

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Fedorova, A., Sviatun, O. (2013). The Implementation of the Human Rights Universality Principle in Ukraine. In: Arnold, R. (eds) The Universalism of Human Rights. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4510-0_24

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