A Few Reflections on the Relations Between Ukraine and the European Union

• Autorzy: Karolina Szwarc
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the context of the events that took place at Kiev's Maidan, special attention needs to be paid to the law, which was stipulated by Ukrainian Parliament on fourteen January 2014. This regulations significantly reduced the basic civil rights. According to its provisions, legal responsibility was stepped up for participating in illegal demonstrations and for disseminating of "extremist content", penalties for setting up tents in protest were also increased. Moreover, penalties were introduced for drivers who moved on the roads in columns with more than five vehicles. With regard to the activities of NGOs, the laws passed stipulated that any organization funded from abroad was required to add to its official name and published materials the phrase "organization filling functions of an agent of a foreign state". There was no doubt that the adopted rules fundamentally undermined the democratic system, making it a mere façade. The adopted law was targeted directly against the civic society.(fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

International politics; Human rights; Association Agreement

PL

Polityka międzynarodowa; Prawa człowieka; Układ o Stowarzyszeniu

• Czasopismo: Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe
• Rocznik: 2014
• Numer: nr 1 Przestrzeń wolności, równości i bezpieczeństwa - 10 lat po rozszerzeniu UE
• Strony: 211--217

Twórcy

autor

Karolina Szwarc

• Europejska Wyższa Szkoła Prawa i Administracji w Warszawie, asystentka

Bibliografia

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• J. Starzyk-Sulejewska, Partnerstwo Wschodnie jako element stosunków zewnętrznych Unii Europejskiej, [in:] Polska prezydencja w Radzie Unii Europejskiej. Wybrane zagadnienia w perspektywie politologicznej i medialnej, ed. C. Żołędowski, Warszawa 2012, p. 69.